89R20518 MM-D
By: Walle, Button H.B. No. 2271
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2271:
By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 2271
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment
information for certain day-care centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.0413 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0413. SUBMISSION OF CAPACITY AND ENROLLMENT DATA.
(a) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family home
shall submit capacity and enrollment information to the Texas
Workforce Commission at least once each month and the commission
shall include the information on the commission's child care
availability portal to allow parents to locate day-care centers,
group day-care homes, and family homes in their geographic region
that have available openings.
(b) The information provided under this section must be
disaggregated by age group and include information regarding:
(1) the day-care center's, group day-care home's, or
family home's desired total capacity;
(2) the number of children currently enrolled in the
center or home; and
(3) the number of positions the center or home has
available for enrollment.
(c) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family
home shall notify the Texas Workforce Commission as soon as
practicable after any change in the center's or home's capacity or
enrollment.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Section 42.0413, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.