Bill Text: TX SB54 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to consent to services under certain programs designed to serve pregnant women and families.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB54-Introduced.html
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 54 | |
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| relating to 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 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. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
