Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1744 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R13772 SCL-D
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1744
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to training requirements and prohibited discrimination
8	8	for child-care facilities and registered family homes.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 42.042(e), Human Resources Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(e) The executive commissioner shall promulgate minimum
13	13	standards that apply to licensed child-care facilities and to
14	14	registered family homes covered by this chapter and that will:
15	15	(1) promote the health, safety, and welfare of
16	16	children attending a facility or registered family home;
17	17	(2) promote safe, comfortable, and healthy physical
18	18	facilities and registered family homes for children;
19	19	(3) ensure adequate supervision of children by
20	20	capable, qualified, and healthy personnel;
21	21	(4) ensure adequate and healthy food service where
22	22	food service is offered;
23	23	(5) prohibit [racial] discrimination based on race or
24	24	disability by child-care facilities and registered family homes;
25	25	(6) require procedures for parental and guardian
26	26	consultation in the formulation of children's educational and
27	27	therapeutic programs;
28	28	(7) prevent the breakdown of foster care and adoptive
29	29	placement; and
30	30	(8) ensure that a child-care facility or registered
31	31	family home:
32	32	(A) follows the directions of a child's physician
33	33	or other health care provider in providing specialized medical
34	34	assistance required by the child; and
35	35	(B) maintains for a reasonable time a copy of any
36	36	directions from the physician or provider that the parent provides
37	37	to the facility or home.
38	38	SECTION 2. Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is
39	39	amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
40	40	(a-1) The initial training described by Subsection (a)(1)
41	41	must include training on:
42	42	(1) trauma-informed care; and
43	43	(2) behavioral health that includes:
44	44	(A) methods for:
45	45	(i) understanding and managing behaviors;
46	46	(ii) requesting a consultation; and
47	47	(iii) providing support to all children who
48	48	are provided care; and
49	49	(B) a description of the impact autism and other
50	50	intellectual and developmental disabilities have on behavior and
51	51	communication.
52	52	(a-2) The annual training described by Subsection (a)(2)
53	53	must include training on providing care to children with special
54	54	needs that includes methods for:
55	55	(1) identifying possible developmental delays;
56	56	(2) locating community resources for the children;
57	57	(3) providing effective communication to the
58	58	children's parents; and
59	59	(4) accommodating the special needs of children in the
60	60	classroom.
61	61	SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
62	62	of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
63	63	Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement
64	64	the changes in law made by this Act.
65	65	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.