Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R14068 MLH-D
2	2	By: Button H.B. No. 4698
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the collection and evaluation of data related to child
8	8	care programs in this state.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 302.0043, Labor Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (c-4) to read as follows:
12	12	(c-2) The commission shall measure and evaluate the need for
13	13	and availability of child care in this state. The commission shall
14	14	consider:
15	15	(1) the total number of places available at all child
16	16	care providers in each local workforce development area categorized
17	17	by:
18	18	(A) subsidized and nonsubsidized places;
19	19	(B) filled and unfilled places;
20	20	(C) child care providers participating in the
21	21	Texas Rising Star Program and child care providers not
22	22	participating in the Texas Rising Star Program; and
23	23	(D) for those child care providers participating
24	24	in the Texas Rising Star Program, the provider's Rising Star
25	25	rating;
26	26	(2) the total number of children receiving child care
27	27	services in each local workforce development area categorized by:
28	28	(A) children receiving subsidized child care and
29	29	children receiving nonsubsidized child care;
30	30	(B) child care providers participating in the
31	31	Texas Rising Star Program and child care providers not
32	32	participating in the Texas Rising Star Program; and
33	33	(C) for those child care providers participating
34	34	in the Texas Rising Star Program, the provider's Rising Star
35	35	rating; and
36	36	(3) the total number of children on a waiting list to
37	37	receive child care in each local workforce development area
38	38	categorized by:
39	39	(A) children waiting for a subsidized place; and
40	40	(B) children waiting for a nonsubsidized place.
41	41	(c-3) The commission shall to the extent possible compare
42	42	the data under Subsections (c-2)(2) and (3) to ensure there are no
43	43	children counted under both subdivisions.
44	44	(c-4) The commission shall coordinate with the Health and
45	45	Human Services Commission to acquire data required under Subsection
46	46	(c-2).
47	47	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
48	48	amended by adding Section 302.00432 to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 302.00432. DATA REPORTING PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this
50	50	section, "program" means the enhanced child care data reporting
51	51	pilot program established under this section.
52	52	(b) The commission shall develop and implement an enhanced
53	53	child care data reporting pilot program to enhance the commission's
54	54	ability to measure the need for and availability of child care in
55	55	this state.
56	56	(c) The commission shall partner with local workforce
57	57	development boards to conduct outreach to child care providers and
58	58	to recruit providers to participate in the program. The commission
59	59	shall ensure that participants in the program represent
60	60	geographically and demographically different areas of the state.
61	61	(d) A child care provider participating in the program shall
62	62	provide to the commission:
63	63	(1) the total number of places available at the
64	64	provider categorized by:
65	65	(A) subsidized and nonsubsidized places; and
66	66	(B) filled and unfilled places;
67	67	(2) the size of the provider's facility in comparison
68	68	to the number of places available;
69	69	(3) the number of places currently available in
70	70	comparison to the number of places that would be available at the
71	71	provider's maximum operational capacity;
72	72	(4) the total number of children on a waiting list to
73	73	receive child care from the provider categorized by:
74	74	(A) children waiting for a subsidized place; and
75	75	(B) children waiting for a nonsubsidized place;
76	76	and
77	77	(5) the number of employees who left employment with
78	78	the provider in the preceding year compared to the number of
79	79	additional employees the provider would need to operate at maximum
80	80	operational capacity.
81	81	(e) The commission shall to the extent possible compare the
82	82	data collected under the program to ensure that:
83	83	(1) no children are counted under both the total
84	84	number of children enrolled in a child care program and the total
85	85	number of children on a waiting list to receive child care in a
86	86	local workforce development area; and
87	87	(2) no children are counted on multiple waiting lists
88	88	when determining the number of children waiting for child care in a
89	89	local workforce development area.
90	90	(f) The commission shall sort data provided under this
91	91	section by local workforce development board.
92	92	(g) The commission shall work with the Health and Human
93	93	Services Commission to make joint recommendations to the
94	94	legislature on the development of an information technology system
95	95	that allows for the regular reporting and collection of the data
96	96	collected under the program statewide.
97	97	(h) Not later than December 1, 2024, the commission shall
98	98	provide a report to the legislature. The report must include:
99	99	(1) the local workforce development boards that
100	100	participated in the program;
101	101	(2) the types and characteristics of child care
102	102	providers in each local workforce development area that
103	103	participated in the program;
104	104	(3) the data collected through the program; and
105	105	(4) recommendations to the legislature to improve the
106	106	availability of child care in this state, including the
107	107	recommendations developed under Subsection (g).
108	108	(i) The commission may use any available funding to
109	109	implement the program.
110	110	(j) The commission shall ensure that no personally
111	111	identifiable information is disclosed in the report or the program.
112	112	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.