86R13833 SCL-D
By: Button H.B. No. 2786
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employee turnover reporting during a child-care
facility's or registered family home's license renewal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.050, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The application for renewal of a license must require
the license holder to disclose the total number of employees who
left employment with the license holder during the preceding
calendar year.
SECTION 2. Section 42.052(f-1), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f-1) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules
governing the certification and registration renewal process for
all certifications and registrations issued under this chapter. The
rules must include:
(1) renewal periods;
(2) a process for staggered renewals;
(3) a process for resolving a late application for
renewal;
(4) expiration dates; and
(5) conditions for renewal, including requiring the
certificate or registration holder to disclose the total number of
employees who left employment with the certificate or registration
holder during the preceding calendar year.
SECTION 3. Section 42.025, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to the information required under
Subsection (a), the searchable database must include the employment
information disclosed under Sections 42.050(e) and 42.052(f-1)(5).
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the
changes in law made by this Act.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a license, certificate, or registration renewed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A license, certificate, or
registration renewed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.