Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1555 amends the Human Resources Code to direct the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (DPRS) to eliminate duplicate inspections of child-care facilities by coordinating inspections conducted by the department, the Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS), and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The act requires DPRS to use available information systems, if feasible, to establish a computerized database containing relevant inspection information on child-care facilities and to make this data available to other agencies that conduct these inspections. It also requires DPRS to provide immediate feedback to a child-care facility after an inspection and to form an interagency task force with TDHS and TWC to develop a coordinated inspection protocol.