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		By: Zaffirini
            S.B. No. 54
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to consent to services under certain programs designed to 
         
            serve pregnant women and families.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 531.982, Government Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         
                   (d)  A minor who is otherwise eligible for a home visiting 
         
            program may consent to enrollment in and to receive services from a 
         
            home visiting program.  For purposes of this subsection, "minor" 
         
            means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age.
         
                   SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act 
         
            a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a 
         
            federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, 
         
            the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or 
         
            authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the 
         
            waiver or authorization is granted.
         
                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 531.982 (Government Code 531)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to consent to services under certain programs designed to
	serve pregnant women and families.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 531.982, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d) A minor who is otherwise eligible for a home visiting
	program may consent to enrollment in and to receive services from a
	home visiting program. For purposes of this subsection, "minor"
	means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age.
	SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
	waiver or authorization is granted.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.