Program services may be provided only by a provider who completes the standardized case management training required by the commission under Section 532.0504 and who is:

1. (1) an advanced practice nurse who holds a license, other than a provisional or temporary license, under Chapter 301, Occupations Code;

2. (2) a registered nurse who holds a license, other than a provisional or temporary license, under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, and:

   1. (A) completed a baccalaureate degree program in nursing; or

   2. (B) completed an associate degree program in nursing and has:

      1. (i) at least two years of cumulative paid full-time work experience; or

      2. (ii) at least two years of cumulative, supervised full-time educational internship or practicum experience obtained in the last 10 years that included assessing the psychosocial and health needs of and making community referrals of:

         1. (a) children who are 21 years of age or younger; or
         2. (b) pregnant women;
3. (3) a social worker who holds a license, other than a provisional or temporary license, under Chapter 505, Occupations Code, appropriate for the individual's practice, including the practice of independent social work;
4. (4) a community health worker as defined by Section 48.001, Health and Safety Code, who is certified by the Department of State Health Services; or

5. (5) a doula who is certified by a recognized national certification program, as determined by the commission, unless the doula qualifies as a certified community health worker under Subdivision (4).

   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.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 1575), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.