HB 2581

relating to the information required for payment of services
provided through the Thriving Texas Families Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 54.005, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 1033 (S.B. 24), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as
(c)  A network contractor or service provider who requests
payment for services provided through the program shall submit the
request on a form the commission prescribes. The form must include:
(1)  an anonymized assigned number corresponding with
(2)  the client's anonymized signature verifying the
client was provided information and instruction on accessing the
program's pregnancy-related resources and information web page on
the commission's Internet website during each client interaction,
including an in-person visit, continuous online interaction, and
(3)  the date, time, type, and location of each client
(4)  the name of any employee who provided a service
(5)  an itemized list of each service, material item,
or referral provided to an unduplicated client during each client
SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than November 1, 2025, the Health
and Human Services Commission shall develop and make publicly
available on the commission's Internet website the form required by
Section 54.005(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
(b)  Notwithstanding Section 54.005(c), Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act, a network contractor or service provider
is not required to submit a form required by that subsection until
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.