| (a) The following entities must provide voluntary paternity
establishment services after being certified by the Office of the
Attorney General:
(1) all public and private birthing hospitals;
(2) all birthing centers;
(3) the Texas Department of State Health Services,
Vital Statistics Unit; and
(4) a registered nurse working in a partnership program
funded through the nurse-family partnership competitive grant program
under Chapter 531, Subchapter M, Texas Government Code.
(b) The following entities may provide voluntary paternity
establishment services at their option, but only after being certified
by the Office of the Attorney General:
(1) local birth registrars;
(2) public health clinics;
(3) private health care providers;
(4) certified nurse midwives;
(5) licensed midwives;
(6) agencies providing assistance or services under
Title IV, Part A of the Social Security Act, agencies providing food
stamp eligibility service, and agencies providing child support enforcement
(IV-D) services;
(7) Head Start, child care facilities, and individual
child care providers;
(8) community action agencies and community action
programs;
(9) secondary education schools;
(10) legal aid agencies;
(11) private attorneys;
(12) any public or private health, welfare or social
services organization; and
(13) an individual with a role in birthing, birth records,
healthcare services, social services or legal services who can demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the Office of the Attorney General that they
have specialized training, relevant experience or other factors appropriate
to become a certified entity.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §55.406 adopted to be effective April 23, 2000, 25 TexReg 3232; amended to be effective March 5, 2008, 33 TexReg 1761; amended to be effective June 10, 2013, 38 TexReg 3526 |
