Bill Text: TX SB206 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a webpage and mobile application for the provision of pregnancy-related resources and information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SB206 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB206-Introduced.html
89R2821 MCF-F | ||
By: Paxton | S.B. No. 206 |
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relating to 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 Z to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER Z. PREGNANCY-RELATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION | ||
Sec. 161.751. PREGNANCY-RELATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION | ||
WEBPAGE. (a) The commission, in consultation with 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: | ||
(1) any available 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, breastfeeding 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 breastfeeding | ||
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 disability support | ||
organizations, newborn medical interventions, and supportive | ||
palliative care; | ||
(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, | ||
kinship care, foster care, and short-term child care; | ||
(2) any available 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 Thriving Texas Families program | ||
administered by the commission; | ||
(H) safe haven laws, including newborn safety | ||
devices and designated emergency infant care providers, as defined | ||
by Section 262.301, Family Code; and | ||
(I) 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. 161.752. PREGNANCY-RELATED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION | ||
MOBILE APPLICATION. The commission, in consultation with the | ||
Department of Information Resources, may develop a mobile | ||
application that: | ||
(1) provides the resources and information described | ||
by Section 161.751(a); and | ||
(2) satisfies the requirements described by Section | ||
161.751(b). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |