Bill Text: TX SB1200 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to referrals to and consent to services under certain programs designed to serve pregnant women and families.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-24 - Referred to Public Health [SB1200 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1200-Engrossed.html
By: Powell, Blanco | S.B. No. 1200 |
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relating to referrals to and consent to services under certain | ||
programs designed to serve pregnant women and families. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 265.101, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(1-a) "Competitive grant program" means the | ||
nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established | ||
under this subchapter. | ||
(1-b) "Health and human services agencies" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 531.001, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 265, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 265.1025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 265.1025. COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND LOCAL | ||
ORGANIZATIONS. The department shall coordinate with the commission | ||
to promote the referral to a partnership program of pregnant women | ||
receiving services through a public benefits program administered | ||
by the commission or a health and human services agency. The | ||
coordination may include encouraging and supporting agreements | ||
between local organizations providing services to pregnant women. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 265.154(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A report submitted under this section must include: | ||
(1) a description of the parenting education programs | ||
implemented and of the models associated with the programs; | ||
(2) information on the families served by the | ||
programs, including the number of families served and their | ||
demographic information; | ||
(3) the goals and achieved outcomes of the programs; | ||
(4) information on the cost for each family served, | ||
including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis; | ||
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(5) information explaining the percentage of money | ||
spent on evidence-based programs and on promising practice | ||
programs; and | ||
(6) the sources from which pregnant women were | ||
referred in the preceding two-year period to a nurse-family | ||
partnership program under Subchapter C. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 5. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |