Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	By: Cook S.B. No. 2898
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the provision of certain nursing services under the
9	9	case management for children and pregnant women program.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
12	12	the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to
13	13	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
14	14	not become law.
15	15	(b) Subchapter K, Chapter 532, Government Code, is amended
16	16	by adding Section 532.0507 to read as follows:
17	17	Sec. 532.0507. COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BY ADVANCED
18	18	PRACTICE NURSE OR REGISTERED NURSE. Notwithstanding the screening
19	19	results under Section 532.0505, an advanced practice nurse or
20	20	registered nurse who provides case management program services may
21	21	perform a comprehensive needs assessment, including a family needs
22	22	assessment as defined in Subchapter B, Chapter 27, Administrative
23	23	Code, for recipients considered to have a high-risk pregnancy, if
24	24	the assessment is:
25	25	(1) within the nurse's scope of practice; and
26	26	(2) incidental to the provision of nonmedical services
27	27	provided under the program.
28	28	SECTION 2. (a) This section takes effect only if the Act of
29	29	the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to
30	30	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes does
31	31	not become law.
32	32	(b) Subchapter Q, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended
33	33	by adding Section 531.657 to read as follows:
34	34	Sec. 531.657. COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BY ADVANCED
35	35	PRACTICE NURSE OR REGISTERED NURSE FOR CERTAIN PREGNANT WOMEN.
36	36	Notwithstanding the screening results under Section 531.655, an
37	37	advanced practice nurse or registered nurse who provides program
38	38	services may perform a comprehensive needs assessment, including a
39	39	family needs assessment as defined in Subchapter B, Chapter 27,
40	40	Administrative Code, for recipients considered to have a high-risk
41	41	pregnancy, if the assessment is:
42	42	(1) within the nurse's scope of practice; and
43	43	(2) incidental to the provision of nonmedical services
44	44	provided under the program.
45	45	SECTION 3. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular
46	46	Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act to Subchapter Q,
47	47	Chapter 531, Government Code, be harmonized with another Act of the
48	48	89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to
49	49	nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes.
50	50	SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
51	51	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
52	52	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
53	53	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
54	54	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
55	55	waiver or authorization is granted.
56	56	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.