83R9686 YDB-D
By: West S.B. No. 1119
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain staff-to-child ratios applicable to
nonresidential child-care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (m-1) to read as follows:
(m-1) In determining the minimum standards relating to
staff-to-child ratios applicable to nonresidential child-care
facilities that provide care for less than 24 hours a day, the
department may not establish a staff-to-child ratio that exceeds:
(1) one staff member per nine children who are two
years of age; and
(2) one staff member per 14 children who are three
years of age.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2013, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt any rules necessary to implement Section 42.042(m-1), Human
Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.