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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2025; |
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| 3 | + | February 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Economic Development; April 7, 2025, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 7, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 7 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 11 | | relating to certain duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with |
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| 10 | 12 | | respect to child-care resources. |
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| 11 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is |
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| 13 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 302.0064 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 16 | | Sec. 302.0064. CHILD-CARE RESOURCES FOR EMPLOYERS. (a) |
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| 15 | 17 | | The commission shall maintain in a prominent location on its |
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| 16 | 18 | | Internet website a link to a web page consisting of comprehensive |
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| 17 | 19 | | and current information to help employers assist employees who are |
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| 18 | 20 | | parents with accessing child care, including information on: |
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| 19 | 21 | | (1) child-care assistance; |
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| 20 | 22 | | (2) best practices for assisting employees who are |
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| 21 | 23 | | parents; |
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| 22 | 24 | | (3) any available state and federal tax credits; |
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| 23 | 25 | | (4) dependent care savings accounts; |
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| 24 | 26 | | (5) any available free tools or templates; |
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| 25 | 27 | | (6) policies and benefits an employer may adopt to |
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| 26 | 28 | | assist employees in accessing child care; and |
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| 27 | 29 | | (7) other resources related to child care that the |
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| 28 | 30 | | commission considers relevant. |
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| 29 | 31 | | (b) The web page described by Subsection (a) must include an |
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| 30 | 32 | | explanation that: |
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| 31 | 33 | | (1) the commission does not and may not provide legal |
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| 32 | 34 | | advice; and |
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| 33 | 35 | | (2) an employer is not required to implement any |
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| 34 | 36 | | employment policy or benefit included on the web page unless |
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| 35 | 37 | | required by other law. |
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| 36 | 38 | | SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2026, the Texas |
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| 37 | 39 | | Workforce Commission shall post on its Internet website the |
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| 38 | 40 | | information required by Section 302.0064, Labor Code, as added by |
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| 39 | 41 | | this Act. |
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| 40 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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