89R6286 DNC-D
By: Ordaz H.B. No. 2652
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the
Borderplex workforce development area.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 321 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 321. CERTIFIED CAREGIVER PILOT PROGRAM
Sec. 321.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "program" means
the certified caregiver pilot program established under this
chapter.
Sec. 321.002. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) The commission shall
establish and administer the certified caregiver pilot program in
the Borderplex workforce development area to address the need for
after-hours child care for single-parent household working parents
who are pursuing a short-term workforce training program in the
area.
(b) The program shall:
(1) assist employees of child-care facilities
licensed under Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, with
obtaining a license under Section 321.004 in order to provide child
care to the children of eligible parents outside of regular working
hours in the employee's home; and
(2) provide supplemental subsidized child care for
single-parent households eligible under Section 321.005.
Sec. 321.003. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. (a) The local
workforce development board serving the Borderplex workforce
development area shall select a total of 30 single-parent families
eligible under Section 321.005 that will qualify for supplemental
subsidized child care for a period of not more than six months.
(b) A certified caregiver licensed under Section 321.004
shall be eligible to participate in the commission's subsidized
child-care program to provide child care outside regular working
hours to a child of a parent participating in the program.
Sec. 321.004. LICENSE FOR CERTIFIED CAREGIVER. (a) The
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
shall adopt a procedure to issue a license to a caregiver who meets
the requirements of this section that allows the caregiver to
operate as a listed family home for purposes of the pilot program.
(b) The procedure must require a caregiver to:
(1) be a current employee of a child-care facility
licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, with not less than
two years of child-care experience;
(2) provide after-hours child care in the caregiver's
own home; and
(3) list the caregiver's home with the Health and Human
Services Commission as a family home and comply with minimum
standards for a listed family home adopted by the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under
Section 42.042, Human Resources Code.
Sec. 321.005. PARENT ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to
receive a child-care subsidy under the program, a parent must, at
the time of application:
(1) receive a subsidy under the commission's
child-care subsidy program;
(2) reside in a single-parent household;
(3) have completed a sufficient number of
postsecondary education credit hours, as determined by the
commission;
(4) be enrolled in or agree to enroll in a short-term
workforce training program supported by the local workforce
development board serving the Borderplex workforce development
area; and
(5) demonstrate a need for child care outside of
regular working hours in order to complete the workforce training
program described under Subdivision (4).
Sec. 321.006. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2028, the
commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant
governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing
committee of each house of the legislature with primary
jurisdiction over economic development a report on:
(1) the efficacy of the program;
(2) the completion rate of workforce training programs
by parents receiving child care under the program;
(3) the total cost of the program; and
(4) a recommendation on whether to continue, expand,
or terminate the program.
Sec. 321.007. RULES. The commission shall adopt rules
necessary to implement this chapter.
Sec. 321.008. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September
1, 2029.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.