By: Paxton S.B. No. 2381
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 23, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
April 17, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 3; April 17, 2023,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2381 By: Hall
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of a webpage and mobile application for
the provision of pregnancy-related resources and information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter X to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER X. PREGNANCY-RELATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
Sec. 161.701. PREGNANCY-RELATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
WEBPAGE. (a) The commission, with assistance from the Department
of Information Resources, shall develop and maintain on the
Texas.gov Internet website a publicly accessible, mobile-friendly
webpage of pregnancy-related resources and information, including
any available:
(1) resources for:
(A) mental health counseling, pregnancy
counseling, and other prenatal and postpartum services;
(B) mentorship opportunities, including
pregnancy assistance and case management;
(C) health care and well-being services,
including services for obstetrical and gynecological support,
abortion pill reversal, breast-feeding assistance, health care,
and dental care;
(D) financial assistance, employment
opportunities, nutrition assistance, child care options, and
educational opportunities;
(E) legal services, including legal services for
child support, custody issues, family leave, and breast-feeding
protections;
(F) professional support, including tax
preparation;
(G) financial and housing assistance, including
assistance with food, nutrition, clothing, household goods, baby
supplies, housing options, shelter options, maternity home
options, and crisis pregnancy center options;
(H) recovery and mental health services,
including services for addiction or suicide intervention,
counseling services for victims of intimate partner violence,
sexual assault, or sex trafficking, and counseling services for the
unexpected loss of a child;
(I) prenatal diagnostic services and postnatal
pediatric hospice services, including newborn medical
interventions and supportive palliative care, and disability
support organizations;
(J) healing and support services for abortion
survivors and the survivors' families; and
(K) services related to providing care for
children, including services for public and private adoption,
foster care, and short-term child care;
(2) information about:
(A) alternatives to abortion;
(B) abortion risks, including complications and
failures;
(C) child development beginning at conception;
(D) pregnancy wellness;
(E) family planning;
(F) the Healthy Texas Women program defined by
Section 32.151;
(G) the Alternatives to Abortion program
administered by the commission; and
(H) any pregnancy-related services provided by a
county in this state; and
(3) any other resources or information considered
helpful to pregnant women.
(b) The webpage described by Subsection (a) must:
(1) through a series of questions, provide the person
accessing the webpage information tailored to the person's answers,
including information regarding risks related to abortion at all
stages of gestation;
(2) allow for webpage users to submit feedback
regarding whether the webpage is user-friendly and helpful in
providing tailored answers described by Subdivision (1); and
(3) include a tool to search for resources described
by Subsection (a) by zip code and county.
Sec. 161.702. PREGNANCY-RELATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
MOBILE APPLICATION. The commission, with assistance from the
Department of Information Resources, may develop a mobile
application that:
(1) provides the resources and information described
by Section 161.701(a); and
(2) satisfies the requirements described by Section
161.701(b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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