By: Watson S.B. No. 1388
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an employee database for child-care facilities and
  registered family homes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 42.027 to read as follows:
         SEC. 42.027.  EMPLOYEE DATABASE.  (a)  The commission shall
  develop and maintain on the commission's Internet website a
  searchable database that is publicly accessible and includes the
  name of each employee of a child-care facility or registered family
  home:
               (1)  whom the commission has determined to be
  responsible for a violation of the minimum standards that leads to
  injury or death, or an unsafe environment that could lead to an
  injury or death, or any facility, including a family home,
  regulated by the commission; or
               (2)  who has had a license, registration, or other
  occupational authorization revoked by a state agency.
         (b)  The commission shall collaborate with other appropriate
  state agencies to determine the most efficient method for
  identifying child-care facility or registered family home
  employees who have had a license, registration, or other
  occupational authorization revoked by a state agency.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.