SB 1547 Summary

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

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

• Prohibits use of funds for abortion referral services or distribution to entities that promote, refer, or perform abortions.

• Requires the nonprofit organization to submit quarterly reports to the department detailing services provided, including numbers of clients served, referrals made, medical services, prenatal care, nutrition services, adoption services, educational/employment services, and parenting education provided.

• Mandates reports include aggregate demographic information (age, marital status, county, ethnicity, sex, number of children) but prohibits identification of individual clients by name or any personally identifying information.