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.