89R9351 KRM-D
By: Hull H.B. No. 2581
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the information required for payment of services
provided through the Thriving Texas Families Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.005, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 1033 (S.B. 24), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(c) A network contractor or service provider who requests
payment for services provided through the program shall submit the
request on a form the commission prescribes. The form must include:
(1) an anonymized assigned number corresponding with
an unduplicated client;
(2) the client's anonymized signature verifying the
client was provided information and instruction on accessing the
program's pregnancy-related resources and information web page on
the commission's Internet website during each client interaction,
including an in-person visit, continuous online interaction, and
audio communication;
(3) the date, time, type, and location of each client
interaction;
(4) the name of any employee who provided a service
through the program; and
(5) an itemized list of each service, material item,
or referral provided to an unduplicated client during each client
interaction.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than November 1, 2025, the Health
and Human Services Commission shall develop and make publicly
available on the commission's Internet website the form required by
Section 54.005(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 54.005(c), Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act, a network contractor or service provider
is not required to submit a form required by that subsection until
December 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.