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1	1		89R6286 DNC-D
2		-	By: Ordaz, Moody, González of El Paso, H.B. No. 2652
3		-	Morales of Maverick, Perez of El Paso
	2	+	By: Ordaz H.B. No. 2652
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8	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	8		AN ACT
10	9		relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the
11	10		Borderplex workforce development area.
12	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	12		SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
14	13		adding Chapter 321 to read as follows:
15	14		CHAPTER 321. CERTIFIED CAREGIVER PILOT PROGRAM
16	15		Sec. 321.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "program" means
17	16		the certified caregiver pilot program established under this
18	17		chapter.
19	18		Sec. 321.002. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The commission shall
20	19		establish and administer the certified caregiver pilot program in
21	20		the Borderplex workforce development area to address the need for
22	21		after-hours child care for single-parent household working parents
23	22		who are pursuing a short-term workforce training program in the
24	23		area.
25	24		(b) The program shall:
26	25		(1) assist employees of child-care facilities
27	26		licensed under Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, with
28	27		obtaining a license under Section 321.004 in order to provide child
29	28		care to the children of eligible parents outside of regular working
30	29		hours in the employee's home; and
31	30		(2) provide supplemental subsidized child care for
32	31		single-parent households eligible under Section 321.005.
33	32		Sec. 321.003. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. (a) The local
34	33		workforce development board serving the Borderplex workforce
35	34		development area shall select a total of 30 single-parent families
36	35		eligible under Section 321.005 that will qualify for supplemental
37	36		subsidized child care for a period of not more than six months.
38	37		(b) A certified caregiver licensed under Section 321.004
39	38		shall be eligible to participate in the commission's subsidized
40	39		child-care program to provide child care outside regular working
41	40		hours to a child of a parent participating in the program.
42	41		Sec. 321.004. LICENSE FOR CERTIFIED CAREGIVER. (a) The
43	42		executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
44	43		shall adopt a procedure to issue a license to a caregiver who meets
45	44		the requirements of this section that allows the caregiver to
46	45		operate as a listed family home for purposes of the pilot program.
47	46		(b) The procedure must require a caregiver to:
48	47		(1) be a current employee of a child-care facility
49	48		licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, with not less than
50	49		two years of child-care experience;
51	50		(2) provide after-hours child care in the caregiver's
52	51		own home; and
53	52		(3) list the caregiver's home with the Health and Human
54	53		Services Commission as a family home and comply with minimum
55	54		standards for a listed family home adopted by the executive
56	55		commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under
57	56		Section 42.042, Human Resources Code.
58	57		Sec. 321.005. PARENT ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to
59	58		receive a child-care subsidy under the program, a parent must, at
60	59		the time of application:
61	60		(1) receive a subsidy under the commission's
62	61		child-care subsidy program;
63	62		(2) reside in a single-parent household;
64	63		(3) have completed a sufficient number of
65	64		postsecondary education credit hours, as determined by the
66	65		commission;
67	66		(4) be enrolled in or agree to enroll in a short-term
68	67		workforce training program supported by the local workforce
69	68		development board serving the Borderplex workforce development
70	69		area; and
71	70		(5) demonstrate a need for child care outside of
72	71		regular working hours in order to complete the workforce training
73	72		program described under Subdivision (4).
74	73		Sec. 321.006. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2028, the
75	74		commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant
76	75		governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing
77	76		committee of each house of the legislature with primary
78	77		jurisdiction over economic development a report on:
79	78		(1) the efficacy of the program;
80	79		(2) the completion rate of workforce training programs
81	80		by parents receiving child care under the program;
82	81		(3) the total cost of the program; and
83	82		(4) a recommendation on whether to continue, expand,
84	83		or terminate the program.
85	84		Sec. 321.007. RULES. The commission shall adopt rules
86	85		necessary to implement this chapter.
87	86		Sec. 321.008. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September
88	87		1, 2029.
89	88		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.