By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 4113
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the rating of child-care providers participating in the
Texas Rising Star Program that install certain safety barriers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2308.3157 to read as follows:
Sec. 2308.3157. OUTDOOR SAFETY FEATURES FOR TEXAS RISING
STAR PROGRAM PROVIDERS; GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall
provide for a higher rating under the Texas Rising Star Program for
a child-care provider that installs crash-rated bollards or other
similar safety barriers adjacent to areas of the child-care
provider's facility where children and staff are most likely to
gather including playgrounds and entrances to the facility.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules to administer this
section.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt rules
necessary to implement Section 2308.3157, Government Code, as added
by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.