Bill Text: TX HB793 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the selection and reimbursement of certain persons providing services required under a service plan filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB793 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB793-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 793 | ||
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| relating to the selection and reimbursement of certain persons | ||
| providing services required under a service plan filed by the | ||
| Department of Family and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 263, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 263.1021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 263.1021. SELECTION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF SERVICE | ||
| PROVIDER. (a) A parent who is required to complete a service plan | ||
| under this subchapter may obtain services from a qualified or | ||
| licensed provider selected by the parent. | ||
| (b) Services obtained from a provider selected under | ||
| Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) must be designed to achieve the stated goals of the | ||
| service plan; and | ||
| (2) may be provided through an electronic | ||
| communication platform. | ||
| (c) A service provider selected by a parent shall certify in | ||
| writing whether the parent has satisfactorily completed the | ||
| required service. | ||
| (d) The department shall reimburse a service provider | ||
| selected by the parent under Subsection (a) who is not under | ||
| contract with the department in an amount equal to the average cost | ||
| for the specific service from department contractors providing the | ||
| service in the region where the parent resides. | ||
| (e) The department shall: | ||
| (1) adopt rules relating to the manner in which | ||
| providers are reimbursed for services provided under this section; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) implement this section using existing resources. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Department | ||
| of Family and Protective Services shall adopt the rules required by | ||
| Section 263.1021(e), Family Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. A suit filed by the | ||
| department before that date is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
| for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 793 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 11, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 793 was passed by the Senate on May 9, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
