By:  Hudson                                           H.B. No. 2296
       73R6062 MLR-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to day-care centers operated by the Texas Department of
    1-3  Human Services.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 44.031, Human Resources Code, is amended
    1-6  to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 44.031.  Establishment.  <(a)>  The department shall
    1-8  <may> establish day-care centers for all children who qualify for
    1-9  services under Section 44.032 <of this code>.  Where in the opinion
   1-10  of the department it appears feasible for the furtherance of the
   1-11  objectives of this legislation, the department may establish
   1-12  cooperative agreements with other state agencies.
   1-13        <(b)  The department is not required to establish a day-care
   1-14  center or to provide services under this subchapter unless funds
   1-15  are appropriated for that purpose.>
   1-16        SECTION 2.  Section 44.034(a), Human Resources Code, is
   1-17  amended to read as follows:
   1-18        (a)  The  <If the department establishes day-care centers
   1-19  under this subchapter, the> department shall prescribe standards of
   1-20  operation and performance for day-care <the> centers established
   1-21  under this subchapter that will ensure proper nutrition, social
   1-22  adjustment, health services, and appropriate growth and development
   1-23  for children admitted.
   1-24        SECTION 3.  Section 44.036, Human Resources Code, is amended
    2-1  to read as follows:
    2-2        Sec. 44.036.  Annual Evaluation of Day-Care Centers.  The
    2-3  <If the department establishes day-care centers or provides
    2-4  services under this subchapter, the> department shall evaluate the
    2-5  performance of day-care <the> centers established under this
    2-6  subchapter each state fiscal year.  This evaluation shall be sent
    2-7  to the governor and to the Legislative Budget Board not later than
    2-8  the 100th day after the last day of the state fiscal year covered
    2-9  by the evaluation.
   2-10        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
   2-11        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-12  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-13  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-14  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-15  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.