| 1 | 1 | | 88R4539 KKR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 3606 |
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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 money awarded to providers of women's health services |
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| 8 | 8 | | and family planning services, including the repeal of prohibitions |
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| 9 | 9 | | on the provision of those services. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 531.0025, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 531.0025. [RESTRICTIONS ON] AWARDS TO FAMILY PLANNING |
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| 14 | 14 | | SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, money |
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| 15 | 15 | | appropriated to the commission [Department of State Health |
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| 16 | 16 | | Services] for the purpose of providing family planning services |
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| 17 | 17 | | must be awarded[: |
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| 18 | 18 | | [(1)] to eligible public and nonpublic entities that |
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| 19 | 19 | | provide family planning services in the following order of |
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| 20 | 20 | | descending priority: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) entities with a demonstrated, evidence-based, |
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| 22 | 22 | | historical capability of achieving the patient and service |
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| 23 | 23 | | utilization goals the commission establishes for family planning |
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| 24 | 24 | | services; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) entities with an increased probability of |
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| 26 | 26 | | achieving the goals described by Subdivision (1) |
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| 27 | 27 | | [(A) public entities that provide family |
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| 28 | 28 | | planning services, including state, county, and local community |
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| 29 | 29 | | health clinics and federally qualified health centers; |
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| 30 | 30 | | [(B) nonpublic entities that provide |
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| 31 | 31 | | comprehensive primary and preventive care services in addition to |
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| 32 | 32 | | family planning services; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | [(C) nonpublic entities that provide family |
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| 34 | 34 | | planning services but do not provide comprehensive primary and |
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| 35 | 35 | | preventive care services; or |
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| 36 | 36 | | [(2) as otherwise directed by the legislature in the |
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| 37 | 37 | | General Appropriations Act]. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission |
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| 39 | 39 | | [Department of State Health Services] shall, in compliance with |
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| 40 | 40 | | federal law, ensure distribution of funds for family planning |
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| 41 | 41 | | services in a manner that provides equitable [does not severely |
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| 42 | 42 | | limit or eliminate] access to [those] services in all regions [any |
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| 43 | 43 | | region] of the state. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed: |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) Chapter 2273, Government Code; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) Section 32.024(c-1), Human Resources Code. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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