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