Texas § 137.103 PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

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§ 137.103 — PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

Texas § 137.103

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Tex. Human Resources Code Code Ann. § 137.103 (2026).

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Sec. 137.103. PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. A partnership program funded through a grant awarded under this subchapter must:

(1)strictly adhere to the program model developed by the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, including any clinical, programmatic, and data collection requirements of that model;

(2)require that registered nurses regularly visit the homes of low-income, first-time mothers participating in the program to provide services designed to:

(A)improve pregnancy outcomes;

(B)improve child health and development;

(C)improve family economic self-sufficiency and stability;

(D)reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect; and

(E)increase workforce participation;

(3)require that nurses who provide services through the program:

(A)receive training from

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Sec. 137.103. PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. A partnership program funded through a grant awarded under this subchapter must:
(1) strictly adhere to the program model developed by the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, including any clinical, programmatic, and data collection requirements of that model;
(2) require that registered nurses regularly visit the homes of low-income, first-time mothers participating in the program to provide services designed to:
(A) improve pregnancy outcomes;
(B) improve child health and development;
(C) improve family economic self-sufficiency and stability;
(D) reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect; and
(E) increase workforce participation;
(3) require that nurses who provide services through the program:
(A) receive training from the office of the attorney general at least once each year on procedures by which a person may voluntarily acknowledge the paternity of a child and on the availability of child support services from the office;
(B) provide a mother with information about the rights, responsibilities, and benefits of establishing the paternity of her child, if appropriate;
(C) provide assistance to a mother and the alleged father of her child if the mother and alleged father seek to voluntarily acknowledge paternity of the child, if appropriate; and
(D) provide information to a mother about the availability of child support services from the office of the attorney general; and
(4) require that the regular nurse visits described by Subdivision (2) begin not later than a mother's 28th week of gestation and end when her child reaches two years of age.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200 ), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Family Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 265 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1033 (S.B. 24 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 348 (S.B. 156 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Renumbered from Government Code, Section 531.453 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969 ), Sec. 27.001(37), eff. September 1, 2009.