Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2271 Compare Versions

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1		-	89R20518 MM-D
2		-	By: Walle, Button H.B. No. 2271
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2271:
4		-	By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 2271
	1	+	89R10568 MM-D
	2	+	By: Walle H.B. No. 2271
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9	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	8		AN ACT
11	9		relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment
12	10		information for certain day-care centers.
13	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	12		SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
15	13		is amended by adding Section 42.0413 to read as follows:
16	14		Sec. 42.0413. SUBMISSION OF CAPACITY AND ENROLLMENT DATA.
17	15		(a) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family home
18	16		shall submit capacity and enrollment information to the Texas
19		-	Workforce Commission at least once each month and the commission
20		-	shall include the information on the commission's child care
21		-	availability portal to allow parents to locate day-care centers,
22		-	group day-care homes, and family homes in their geographic region
23		-	that have available openings.
24		-	(b) The information provided under this section must be
25		-	disaggregated by age group and include information regarding:
26		-	(1) the day-care center's, group day-care home's, or
27		-	family home's desired total capacity;
28		-	(2) the number of children currently enrolled in the
29		-	center or home; and
30		-	(3) the number of positions the center or home has
31		-	available for enrollment.
	17	+	Workforce Commission and the commission shall include the
	18	+	information on the commission's child care availability portal to
	19	+	allow parents to locate day-care centers, group day-care homes, and
	20	+	family homes in their geographic region that have available
	21	+	openings.
	22	+	(b) The information provided under this section must
	23	+	include:
	24	+	(1) information regarding the day-care center's, group
	25	+	day-care home's, or family home's desired total capacity; and
	26	+	(2) the following information disaggregated by age
	27	+	group:
	28	+	(A) the number of children currently enrolled in
	29	+	the center or home; and
	30	+	(B) the number of positions the center or home
	31	+	has available for enrollment.
32	32		(c) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family
33		-	home shall notify the Texas Workforce Commission as soon as
34		-	practicable after any change in the center's or home's capacity or
35		-	enrollment.
	33	+	home shall notify the Texas Workforce Commission of any change in
	34	+	the enrollment information as soon as practicable but not later
	35	+	than the 30th day after the date of any change in enrollment or
	36	+	capacity.
36	37		SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
37	38		of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
38	39		Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
39	40		Section 42.0413, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
40	41		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.