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Committee adopts substitute to clarify eligibility, protections for Thriving Texas Families program
Summary
A committee substitute for Senate Bill 13 88 clarifies that the Thriving Texas Families program (formerly Alternatives to Abortion) remains life‑affirming, limits eligible grantees to organizations unaffiliated with abortion providers, and drew extensive testimony from pregnancy resource centers and faith groups about access and funding models.
Senate Bill 13 88, a follow‑up to last session’s codification of the Thriving Texas Families program, received a committee substitute and broad witness testimony in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Sponsor Senator Lois Kolkhorst told the committee that SB 13 88 aligns program eligibility and funding with the original intent of the Alternatives to Abortion program: supporting pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies and similar life‑affirming organizations. “The committee substitute…makes clear that the program continues to…
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