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| 1 | 1 | 87R4703 MM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 971 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to referring children to local workforce development | |
| 8 | 8 | boards for subsidized child care services. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 302.0461, Labor Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) A local workforce development board may allow a child | |
| 13 | 13 | care provider with whom the board contracts under Subsection (a) to | |
| 14 | 14 | identify and refer to the board children who could be eligible for | |
| 15 | 15 | subsidized child care services. In making a referral under this | |
| 16 | 16 | subsection, the child care provider shall consider whether the | |
| 17 | 17 | child or the child's parent is a member of a group entitled to a | |
| 18 | 18 | priority in the provision of services provided by or in cooperation | |
| 19 | 19 | with the commission, including a priority described by Section | |
| 20 | 20 | 302.152 of this code or Section 264.121(a)(3), Family Code. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |