Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 211 amends the Labor Code to create the Texas child care fund as an account in the general revenue fund consisting of donations and state appropriations. The act requires that money in the fund be used to provide child care in a manner that maximizes federal child-care matching funds and ensures that any local government contributions will go toward child care in the area served by the contributing government. It requires the Texas Workforce Commission to administer and promote the fund, to appoint a permanent advisory board with specified membership to assist and monitor the commission, and to conduct a biennial child-care market survey to be used as the basis for calculating child-care provider compensation under commission programs. In addition, the commission or local workforce development board must contract with organizations meeting specified criteria to administer the child-care programs through the existing uniform statewide brokered system, and the comptroller must develop a child-care guide to assist consumers in making informed choices.