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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to referring children to local workforce development |
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| 8 | 8 | | boards for subsidized child care services. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 302.0461, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (e) A local workforce development board may allow a child |
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| 13 | 13 | | care provider with whom the board contracts under Subsection (a) to |
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| 14 | 14 | | identify and refer to the board children who could be eligible for |
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| 15 | 15 | | subsidized child care services. In making a referral under this |
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| 16 | 16 | | subsection, the child care provider shall consider whether the |
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| 17 | 17 | | child or the child's parent is a member of a group entitled to a |
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| 18 | 18 | | priority in the provision of services provided by or in cooperation |
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| 19 | 19 | | with the commission, including a priority described by Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 302.152 of this code or Section 264.121(a)(3), Family Code. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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