HB 2759 Summary

• Appropriates $2,500,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2019-2020 to the Department of Health Services for a family health pilot program.

• Directs the department to distribute funds to a nonprofit organization to provide direct services, support services, case management and referrals to biological or adoptive parents of children under two years of age, including unborn children.

• Prohibits monies from being used for abortion referral services or distributed to entities that perform or promote abortions; requires the nonprofit to serve all state residents in both urban and rural areas.

• Requires the nonprofit to submit quarterly reports to the department detailing services provided, referrals made, and demographic information about clients served across medical care, prenatal care, nutrition, adoption, education, employment, and parenting support categories.

• Mandates all quarterly reports use aggregate data only and cannot identify individual clients by name or any personally identifying information.