85R24351 GCB-F By: Coleman H.B. No. 3353 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3353: By: Swanson C.S.H.B. No. 3353 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the certification, training, and supervision of certified family partners and the provision of peer support services by certified family partners to the family or primary caregiver of certain children with serious emotional disturbance. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.09992 to read as follows: Sec. 531.09992. CERTIFIED FAMILY PARTNERS. The executive commissioner by rule shall: (1) establish training, certification, and supervision requirements for a person to be certified as a family partner and, as a certified family partner, to provide peer support services to the family or primary caregiver of a child not younger than three years of age and not older than 17 years of age, who has a serious emotional disturbance; and (2) define the scope of peer support services a certified family partner may provide in a manner that distinguishes other services the provision of which requires licensure under another provision of law. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules as required by Section 531.09992, Government Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.