Bill Text: TX HB4348 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain minors to consent to Texas Home Visiting Program services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB4348 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4348-Comm_Sub.html
86R10813 MM-F | ||
By: Phelan, Button, Meyer, Leach, Howard | H.B. No. 4348 |
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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 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, 2019. |