| 15 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 265.101, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | | - | amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to |
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| 17 | | - | read as follows: |
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| 18 | | - | (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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| 19 | | - | Commission. |
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| 20 | | - | (1-a) "Competitive grant program" means the |
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| 21 | | - | nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established |
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| 22 | | - | under this subchapter. |
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| 23 | | - | (1-b) "Health and human services agencies" has the |
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| 24 | | - | meaning assigned by Section 531.001, Government Code. |
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| 25 | | - | SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 265, Family Code, is |
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| 26 | | - | amended by adding Section 265.1025 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | | - | Sec. 265.1025. COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND LOCAL |
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| 28 | | - | ORGANIZATIONS. The department shall coordinate with the commission |
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| 29 | | - | to promote the referral to a partnership program of pregnant women |
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| 30 | | - | receiving services through a public benefits program administered |
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| 31 | | - | by the commission or a health and human services agency. The |
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| 32 | | - | coordination may include encouraging and supporting agreements |
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| 33 | | - | between local organizations providing services to pregnant women. |
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| 34 | | - | SECTION 4. Section 265.154(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 35 | | - | read as follows: |
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| 36 | | - | (b) A report submitted under this section must include: |
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| 37 | | - | (1) a description of the parenting education programs |
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| 38 | | - | implemented and of the models associated with the programs; |
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| 39 | | - | (2) information on the families served by the |
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| 40 | | - | programs, including the number of families served and their |
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| 41 | | - | demographic information; |
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| 42 | | - | (3) the goals and achieved outcomes of the programs; |
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| 43 | | - | (4) information on the cost for each family served, |
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| 44 | | - | including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis; |
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| 45 | | - | [and] |
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| 46 | | - | (5) information explaining the percentage of money |
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| 47 | | - | spent on evidence-based programs and on promising practice |
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| 48 | | - | programs; and |
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| 49 | | - | (6) the sources from which pregnant women were |
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| 50 | | - | referred in the preceding two-year period to a nurse-family |
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| 51 | | - | partnership program under Subchapter C. |
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| 52 | | - | SECTION 5. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 53 | | - | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 54 | | - | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 55 | | - | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 56 | | - | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 57 | | - | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 58 | | - | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 16 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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