| (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.
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| 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 |
