Government Code § 532.0504

Sec. 532.0504. CASE MANAGEMENT FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN PROGRAM: PROVIDER TRAINING. The commission shall require that each provider of program services complete training prescribed by the commission. The training must be trauma-informed and include instruction on: (1) social services provided by this state and local governments in this state; (2) community assistance programs, including programs providing: (A) nutrition and housing assistance; (B) counseling and parenting services; (C) substance use disorder treatment; and (D) domestic violence assistance and shelter; (3) domestic violence and coercive control dynamics; (4) methods for explaining and eliciting an eligible recipient's informed consent to receive: (A) program services screening; and (B) any services that may be offered as a result of the screening; and (5) procedures for: (A) an eligible recipient to: (i) decline program services screening; or (ii) withdraw consent for offered services; and (B) ensuring that the recipient is not subject to any retaliatory action for declining or discontinuing any screenings or services. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 1575), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 8.028, eff. September 1, 2025.