Section 54.003 - Services(a) Using the network contractors described under Section 54.002, the commission shall ensure that services described by this chapter are available throughout this state. (b) Services provided through the program include: (1) counseling and mentoring on pregnancy, education, parenting skills, adoption services, life skills, and employment readiness topics; (2) care coordination for prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal services, including connecting participants to health services; (3) educational materials and information about pregnancy, parenting, and adoption services; (4) referrals to governmental and social service programs, including child care, transportation, housing, and state and federal benefit programs; (5) classes on life skills, personal finance, parenthood, stress management, job training, job readiness, job placement, and educational attainment; (6) provision of supplies for infant care and pregnancy, including car seats, cribs, maternity clothes, infant diapers, and formula; and (c) A service provider participating in the program may not be required to provide all services listed under Subsection (b). (d) A network contractor may provide housing services under Subsection (b)(7) through a maternity home. (e) The commission or network contractors may not provide family planning services through the network. Tex. Health and Safety Code § 54.003
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1033,Sec. 14, eff. 9/1/2023.