| 1 | 1 | | 86R11026 KFF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Phelan H.B. No. 2832 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the referral of certain pregnant women to a |
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| 8 | 8 | | nurse-family partnership program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 265.101, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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| 14 | 14 | | Commission. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1-a) "Competitive grant program" means the |
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| 16 | 16 | | nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established |
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| 17 | 17 | | under this subchapter. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1-b) "Health and human services agencies" has the |
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| 19 | 19 | | meaning assigned by Section 531.001, Government Code. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 265, Family Code, is |
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| 21 | 21 | | amended by adding Section 265.1025 to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 265.1025. COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND LOCAL |
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| 23 | 23 | | ORGANIZATIONS. The department shall coordinate with the commission |
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| 24 | 24 | | to promote the referral to a partnership program of pregnant women |
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| 25 | 25 | | receiving services through a public benefits program administered |
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| 26 | 26 | | by the commission or a health and human services agency. The |
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| 27 | 27 | | coordination may include encouraging and supporting agreements |
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| 28 | 28 | | between local organizations providing services to pregnant women. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Section 265.154(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 30 | 30 | | read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) A report submitted under this section must include: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) a description of the parenting education programs |
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| 33 | 33 | | implemented and of the models associated with the programs; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) information on the families served by the |
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| 35 | 35 | | programs, including the number of families served and their |
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| 36 | 36 | | demographic information; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) the goals and achieved outcomes of the programs; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) information on the cost for each family served, |
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| 39 | 39 | | including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis; |
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| 40 | 40 | | [and] |
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| 41 | 41 | | (5) information explaining the percentage of money |
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| 42 | 42 | | spent on evidence-based programs and on promising practice |
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| 43 | 43 | | programs; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) the sources from which pregnant women were |
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| 45 | 45 | | referred in the preceding two-year period to a nurse-family |
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| 46 | 46 | | partnership program under Subchapter C. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 48 | 48 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 49 | 49 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 50 | 50 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 51 | 51 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 52 | 52 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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