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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER CORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION 5FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BIRTH MOTHERS
RULE §749.231What financial assistance may I provide for a birth mother?

(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

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