Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 749 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
Subchapter C - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
Division 5 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BIRTH MOTHERS
Section 749.231 - What financial assistance may I provide for a birth mother?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 749.231
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(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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