89R9351 KRM-D     By: Hull H.B. No. 2581       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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   follows:          (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   an unduplicated client;                (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   audio communication;                (3)  the date, time, type, and location of each client   interaction;                (4)  the name of any employee who provided a service   through the program; and                (5)  an itemized list of each service, material item,   or referral provided to an unduplicated client during each client   interaction.          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   December 1, 2025.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.