Sec. 54.002.  ESTABLISHMENT.  (a)  The commission shall establish the Thriving Texas Families Program as a continuation of the alternatives to abortion program to facilitate the operation of a statewide support network that provides community outreach, consultation, and care coordination for women with an unexpected pregnancy.
(b)  The Thriving Texas Families Program shall:
(1)  promote healthy pregnancy and childbirth;
(2)  promote childbirth as an alternative to abortion;
(3)  increase access to resources that promote family and child development;
(4)  encourage family formation;
(5)  help parents establish and implement successful parenting techniques;
(6)  increase the number of families who achieve economic self-sufficiency; and
(7)  provide a local approach and personalized support to pregnant women to promote childbirth in all instances of pregnancy.
(c)  The commission shall contract with network contractors to establish a statewide network of service providers, including pregnancy support centers, adoption assistance providers, and maternity homes, to provide the services described by Section 54.003.  The commission may contract with the service providers to provide the services in accordance with this chapter.
(d)  In developing the statewide network of service providers, the commission shall, to the extent practicable, contract with providers who have a history of working with the commission in programs similar to the program created by this chapter.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1033 (S.B. 24), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2023.