89R2982 KKR-D
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1846
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to money awarded to providers of women's health services
and family planning services, including the repeal of prohibitions
on the provision of those services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 526.0051, Government Code, as effective
April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 526.0051. [RESTRICTIONS ON] AWARDS TO FAMILY PLANNING
SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, money
appropriated to the commission for the purpose of providing family
planning services must be awarded[:
[(1)] to eligible public and nonpublic entities that
provide family planning services in the following order of
descending priority:
(1) entities with a demonstrated, evidence-based,
historical capability of achieving the patient and service
utilization goals the commission establishes for family planning
services; and
(2) entities with an increased probability of
achieving the goals described by Subdivision (1)[(A) public
entities that provide family planning services, including state,
county, and local community health clinics and federally qualified
health centers;
[(B) nonpublic entities that provide
comprehensive primary and preventive care services in addition to
family planning services; and
[(C) nonpublic entities that provide family
planning services but do not provide comprehensive primary and
preventive care services; or
[(2) as otherwise directed by the legislature in the
General Appropriations Act].
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission shall,
in compliance with federal law, ensure distribution of funds for
family planning services in a manner that provides equitable [does
not severely limit or eliminate] access to [those] services in all
regions [any region] of this state.
SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed:
(1) Chapter 2273, Government Code; and
(2) Section 32.024(c-1), Human Resources Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.