Sec. 48.052.  CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR PROMOTORAS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.  (a)  The department shall establish and operate a certification program for persons who act as promotoras or community health workers.  In establishing the program, the executive commissioner shall adopt rules that provide minimum standards and guidelines, including participation in the training and education program under Section 48.051, for issuance of a certificate to a person under this section.  In adopting the minimum standards and guidelines, the executive commissioner shall consider the applicable recommendations of the advisory committee.
(b)  Receipt of a certificate issued under this section may not be a requirement for a person to act as a promotora or community health worker without receiving any compensation and is a requirement for a person to act as a promotora or community health worker for compensation.
(c)  The commission shall require health and human services agencies to use certified promotoras to the extent possible in health outreach and education programs for recipients of medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 537 (H.B. 2610), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.