Sec. 531.652. ESTABLISHMENT OF NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM    


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  • (a) The commission shall establish a nurse-family partnership competitive grant program through which the commission will award grants for the implementation of nurse-family partnership programs, or the expansion of existing programs, and for the operation of those programs for a period of not less than two years.

    (b) The commission shall award grants under the program to applicants, including applicants operating existing programs, in a manner that ensures that the partnership programs collectively:

    (1) operate in multiple communities that are geographically distributed throughout this state; and

    (2) provide program services to approximately 2,000 families.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 348 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Renumbered from Government Code, Section 531.452 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 , Sec. 27.001(37), eff. September 1, 2009.