Bill Text: TX SB2381 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a webpage and mobile application for the provision of pregnancy-related resources and information.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB2381 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2381-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 2381 | |
| (Klick, Lopez of Bexar) | ||
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| 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, | ||
| kinship care, 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; | ||
| (H) safe haven laws, including safe haven baby | ||
| boxes, and emergency infant care providers; 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. 161.702. 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. | ||
