Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	By: Powell, Blanco S.B. No. 1200
	1	+	By: Powell S.B. No. 1200
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
	4	+	April 26, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 26, 2021,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1200 By: Perry
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4	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	12		AN ACT
6	13		relating to referrals to and consent to services under certain
7	14		programs designed to serve pregnant women and families.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Section 265.101, Family Code, is amended by
10	17		amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to
11	18		read as follows:
12	19		(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
13	20		Commission.
14	21		(1-a) "Competitive grant program" means the
15	22		nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established
16	23		under this subchapter.
17	24		(1-b) "Health and human services agencies" has the
18	25		meaning assigned by Section 531.001, Government Code.
19	26		SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 265, Family Code, is
20	27		amended by adding Section 265.1025 to read as follows:
21	28		Sec. 265.1025. COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND LOCAL
22	29		ORGANIZATIONS. The department shall coordinate with the commission
23	30		to promote the referral to a partnership program of pregnant women
24	31		receiving services through a public benefits program administered
25	32		by the commission or a health and human services agency. The
26	33		coordination may include encouraging and supporting agreements
27	34		between local organizations providing services to pregnant women.
28	35		SECTION 3. Section 265.154(b), Family Code, is amended to
29	36		read as follows:
30	37		(b) A report submitted under this section must include:
31	38		(1) a description of the parenting education programs
32	39		implemented and of the models associated with the programs;
33	40		(2) information on the families served by the
34	41		programs, including the number of families served and their
35	42		demographic information;
36	43		(3) the goals and achieved outcomes of the programs;
37	44		(4) information on the cost for each family served,
38	45		including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis;
39	46		[and]
40	47		(5) information explaining the percentage of money
41	48		spent on evidence-based programs and on promising practice
42	49		programs; and
43	50		(6) the sources from which pregnant women were
44	51		referred in the preceding two-year period to a nurse-family
45	52		partnership program under Subchapter C.
46	53		SECTION 4. Section 531.982, Government Code, is amended by
47	54		adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
48	55		(d) A minor who is otherwise eligible for a home visiting
49	56		program may consent to enrollment in and to receive services from a
50	57		home visiting program. For purposes of this subsection, "minor"
51	58		means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age.
52	59		SECTION 5. If before implementing any provision of this Act
53	60		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
54	61		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
55	62		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
56	63		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
57	64		waiver or authorization is granted.
58	65		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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