(a) You may provide financial assistance to a birth mother to meet her reasonable and necessary living expenses and legal costs.
(b) Reasonable and necessary living expenses include:
  (1) Housing expenses;
  (2) Necessary utilities, such as electric, water, or telephone bills;
  (3) Food for the birth mother and her minor children that are living with her;
  (4) Travel expenses for transportation necessary to support the pregnancy, such as gasoline or bus fares to medical appointments or the grocery store;
  (5) Medical costs; and
  (6) Child-care or foster care while a birth mother is hospitalized or unable to care for her children.
(c) Reasonable and necessary living expenses do not include:
  (1) Any expenses met by a birth mother's existing resources;
  (2) Any expenses supporting other family members, with the exception of the birth mother's minor children who are living with her;
  (3) Any expenses for recreational and leisure activities; or
  (4) The purchase of an automobile.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.231 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909