Have they moved your partner over yet? Account-wise I mean. I understand they won't be done migrating accounts until the middle of 2023. Your partner may still be on the Sprint biller. Did they send your partner new SIMs at any point? T-Mob has what are called TNX SIMs which move you on to T-Mobile's network.
If your partner is still on Sprint I'd assume a Sprint phone is still necessary. You may want to contact T-Force and see what they say.