Amend CSSB 1 (house committee report) in Article II of the bill as follows:

(1)  In the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission, reduce the general revenue fund appropriations for Strategy D.1.2, Thriving Texas Families Program (page II-34), by $2,000,000 for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027.

(2)  In the bill pattern for the Health and Human Services Commission, in Goal A, Medicaid Client Services (page II-34), add Strategy A.2.6, Safe Haven Awareness Effort, and appropriate $2,000,000 in general revenue for that strategy for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027.

(3)  Following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-38), add the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Safe Haven Awareness. (a) Out of the funds appropriated above to the Health and Human Services Commission for Strategy A.2.6, Safe Haven Awareness Effort, the commission shall expend $2,000,000 each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027, to ensure that women of childbearing age in this state have access to information about their rights and obligations related to the legal relinquishment of newborn babies and access to public and private resources available to assist them with parenting their babies. The funds appropriated shall also be used to:

(1)  design and disseminate informational posters and brochures in areas frequented by the targeted group, including new and emerging safe haven sites;

(2)  design and produce public service announcements in Spanish and English for social media platforms, radio, and television;

(3)  establish websites with the necessary resources and information about the state law that allows a parent to voluntarily relinquish the parent's child who is 60 days old or younger;

(4)  establish a new hotline utilizing the current number of the Baby Hotline, to be answered by trained individuals provided by the National Safe Haven Alliance, who are proficient in English and Spanish;

(5)  annually collect data regarding calls to the hotline and the outcomes, if known, including whether a child was voluntarily relinquished as authorized under state law or illegally abandoned; and

(6)  raise public awareness of the state law that authorizes a parent to voluntarily relinquish the parent's child who is 60 days old or younger.

(b)  Not later than September 1, 2027, the Health and Human Services Commission shall submit a report to the Office of the Governor, the Legislative Budget Board, and the legislature on the progress regarding improving awareness of the law described by Subsection (a) of this rider, including data collected regarding the use of safe havens and a comparison with data collected in preceding years, and any information regarding strategies for raising awareness of the programs that have been found to be especially successful.

(c)  Any unobligated and unexpended balance allocated as described by Subsection (a) of this rider remaining as of August 31, 2026, is appropriated for the same purpose in the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2026.

(4)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.