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Amend CSHB 2292 by inserting the following new SECTION,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the
bill appropriately:
SECTION _____. (a) Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. ALTERNATIVE PREGNANCY OPTIONS GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 32.101. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The department by rule
shall establish a grant program to fund services to help ensure
healthy and full-term pregnancies.
(b) Under the grant program, the department shall provide
grants to qualified persons that provide services to pregnant women
regarding healthy childbirth, adoption, and parenting, including:
(1) crisis intervention services;
(2) support services;
(3) prenatal information; and
(4) information referrals.
(c) The grant program must include appropriate reporting and
accounting requirements as necessary to ensure that money received
under the program is used for the purposes of the program.
Sec. 32.102. INELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANT. A person is
ineligible to receive a grant under this subchapter if:
(1) the person directly or indirectly promotes,
performs, or provides abortions or abortion services, or provides
referrals to other persons that provide abortions or abortion
services; or
(2) the person is associated or affiliated with a
person described by Subdivision (1).
(b) Section 32.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended by
amending Subdivision (13) and adding Subdivision (16) to read as
follows:
(13) "Program" means the maternal and infant health
improvement services program authorized by this subchapter
[chapter].
(16) "Grant program" means the alternative pregnancy
options grant program authorized by Subchapter C.