Bill Text: TX HB1680 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain minors to consent to Texas Home Visiting Program services and to the delivery of those services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB1680 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1680-Comm_Sub.html

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88R5302 MM-F
By: Howard H.B. No. 1680

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain minors to consent to Texas Home
Visiting Program services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.982, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A minor who is otherwise eligible for a home visiting
program may consent to enrollment in and to receive services from a
home visiting program. For purposes of this subsection, "minor"
means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.