Bill Text: TX SB867 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and homes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB867 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB867-Introduced.html
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By: Watson | S.B. No. 867 |
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relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and | ||
homes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The commission shall inform licensed and registered | ||
child-care facilities about how to use the annual minimum training | ||
required by this section to satisfy the training requirements to | ||
earn the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 42.04211 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.04211. PRESERVICE TRAINING FOR LISTED FAMILY HOMES. | ||
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require the caretaker | ||
of a listed family home to complete preservice training on: | ||
(1) the developmental stages of children; | ||
(2) age-appropriate activities for children; | ||
(3) positive guidance and discipline of children; | ||
(4) the fostering of children's self-esteem; | ||
(5) supervision and safety practices in caring for | ||
children; | ||
(6) positive interactions with children; and | ||
(7) preventing and controlling the spread of | ||
communicable disease, as defined by Section 81.003, Health and | ||
Safety Code, including immunization. | ||
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall require the | ||
caretaker of a listed family home who provides care for a child | ||
younger than 24 months of age to complete one hour of preservice | ||
training on: | ||
(1) recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome; | ||
(2) understanding and using safe sleeping practices; | ||
(3) preventing sudden infant death syndrome; and | ||
(4) understanding early childhood brain development. | ||
(c) The caretaker of a family home shall complete the | ||
preservice training before the department may list the caretaker's | ||
home. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 42.04413 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.04413. LISTED FAMILY HOME SITE VISITS. Before the | ||
department may list a caretaker's home, the department shall | ||
conduct a site visit of the home to ensure that the home does not | ||
have a health or safety hazard on the property. If the caretaker of | ||
a listed family home moves, the department shall conduct a site | ||
visit of the caretaker's new home not later than the 30th day after | ||
the date the caretaker begins providing child-care services in the | ||
new home. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 42.052(i), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(i) The department shall provide to a listed family home a | ||
copy of the listing. A listing must contain a provision that | ||
states: "THIS HOME IS A LISTED FAMILY HOME. IT IS NOT LICENSED OR | ||
REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE | ||
SERVICES. IT HAS UNDERGONE AN INITIAL SITE VISIT BUT [ |
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home is not required to display the listing in a prominent place at | ||
the home but shall make the listing available for examination. The | ||
executive commissioner by rule shall provide for a sufficient | ||
period to allow operators of family homes to comply with the listing | ||
requirement of this section. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 42.0522(b), Human Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A family home may not place a public advertisement that | ||
uses the title "listed family home" or any variation of that phrase | ||
unless the home is listed as provided by this chapter. Any public | ||
advertisement for a listed family home that uses the title "listed | ||
family home" must contain a provision in bold type stating: "THIS | ||
HOME IS A LISTED FAMILY HOME. IT IS NOT LICENSED OR REGISTERED WITH | ||
THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES. IT HAS UNDERGONE | ||
AN INITIAL SITE VISIT BUT [ |
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INSPECTED." | ||
SECTION 6. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply to | ||
family homes listed before, on, or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
(b) The caretaker of a family home listed before the | ||
effective date of this Act shall complete the preservice training | ||
required by Section 42.04211, Human Resources Code, as added by | ||
this Act, not later than December 1, 2019. | ||
(c) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Department of Family | ||
and Protective Services shall conduct the site visit required by | ||
Section 42.04413, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, of | ||
each family home listed before the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |