Tex.
Human Resources Code Section 137.103
Partnership Program Requirements
(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.
Source:
Section 137.103 — Partnership Program Requirements, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.137.htm#137.103 (accessed May 11, 2024).
