HB 3767
AN ACT relating to money awarded to providers of women's health services
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Modifies how Texas awards funding for women's health and family planning services. It prioritizes awarding money to entities with proven track records of meeting patient service goals, ensuring funds go to providers most likely to effectively deliver comprehensive healthcare. The legislation aims to provide more equitable access to family planning services across all regions of Texas, removing previous restrictions that limited provider eligibility and potentially expanding healthcare options for women.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to money awarded to providers of women's health services and family planning services, including the repeal of prohibitions on the provision of those services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 526.0051, Government Code, as effective April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 526.0051. [RESTRICTIONS ON] AWARDS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, money appropriated to the commission for the purpose of providing family planning services must be awarded[: [(1)] to eligible public and nonpublic entities that provide family planning services in the following order of (1) entities with a demonstrated, evidence-based, historical capability of achieving the patient and service utilization goals the commission establishes for family planning (2) entities with an increased probability of achieving the goals described by Subdivision (1)[(A) public entities that provide family planning services, including state, county, and local community health clinics and federally qualified [(B) nonpublic entities that provide comprehensive primary and preventive care services in addition to [(C) nonpublic entities that provide family planning services but do not provide comprehensive primary and [(2) as otherwise directed by the legislature in the (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission shall, in compliance with federal law, ensure distribution of funds for family planning services in a manner that provides equitable [does not severely limit or eliminate] access to [those] services in all regions [any region] of this state. SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed: (1) Chapter 2273, Government Code; and (2) Section 32.024(c-1), Human Resources Code. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to money awarded to providers of women's health services
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