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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 531. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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Subchapter Q. NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM |
Sec. 531.653. PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
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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; and
(D) reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect;
(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.