| 1 | 1 | | By: Watson S.B. No. 1388 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to an employee database for child-care facilities and |
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| 7 | 7 | | registered family homes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | is amended by adding Section 42.027 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SEC. 42.027. EMPLOYEE DATABASE. (a) The commission shall |
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| 12 | 12 | | develop and maintain on the commission's Internet website a |
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| 13 | 13 | | searchable database that is publicly accessible and includes the |
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| 14 | 14 | | name of each employee of a child-care facility or registered family |
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| 15 | 15 | | home: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) whom the commission has determined to be |
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| 17 | 17 | | responsible for a violation of the minimum standards that leads to |
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| 18 | 18 | | injury or death, or an unsafe environment that could lead to an |
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| 19 | 19 | | injury or death, or any facility, including a family home, |
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| 20 | 20 | | regulated by the commission; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) who has had a license, registration, or other |
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| 22 | 22 | | occupational authorization revoked by a state agency. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The commission shall collaborate with other appropriate |
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| 24 | 24 | | state agencies to determine the most efficient method for |
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| 25 | 25 | | identifying child-care facility or registered family home |
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| 26 | 26 | | employees who have had a license, registration, or other |
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| 27 | 27 | | occupational authorization revoked by a state agency. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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