By Hudson                                             H.B. No. 1870
       74R5923 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 Texas Department of
    1-8  Human Services shall <department may> establish day-care centers
    1-9  for all children who qualify for services under Section 44.032 <of
   1-10  this code>.  Where in the opinion of the department it appears
   1-11  feasible for the furtherance of the objectives of this legislation,
   1-12  the department may establish cooperative agreements with other
   1-13  state agencies.
   1-14        <(b)  The department is not required to establish a day-care
   1-15  center or to provide services under this subchapter unless funds
   1-16  are appropriated for that purpose.>
   1-17        SECTION 2.  Section 44.034(a), Human Resources Code, is
   1-18  amended to read as follows:
   1-19        (a)  The Texas Department of Human Services  <If the
   1-20  department establishes day-care centers under this subchapter, the
   1-21  department> shall prescribe standards of operation and performance
   1-22  for day-care <the> centers established under this subchapter that
   1-23  will ensure proper nutrition, social adjustment, health services,
   1-24  and appropriate growth and development for children admitted.
    2-1        SECTION 3.  Section 44.036, Human Resources Code, is amended
    2-2  to read as follows:
    2-3        Sec. 44.036.  Annual Evaluation of Day-Care Centers.  The
    2-4  Texas Department of Human Services  <If the department establishes
    2-5  day-care centers or provides services under this subchapter, the
    2-6  department> shall evaluate the performance of day-care <the>
    2-7  centers established under this subchapter each state fiscal year.
    2-8  This evaluation shall be sent to the governor and to the
    2-9  Legislative Budget Board not later than the 100th day after the
   2-10  last day of the state fiscal year covered by the evaluation.
   2-11        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-12        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-13  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-14  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-15  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-16  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.