LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          April 18, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair      IN RE:  Senate BillNo. 1226
         Committee on Health & Human Services           By: West, et al.
         Senate
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1226 (Relating to certain minimum standards for child-care
facilities.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would prohibit the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services from adopting minimum standards relating to
staff-child ratios, group sizes, and square footage in licensed
child care facilities that are more stringent than the minimum
standards that existed on September 1, 1985.  The bill would also
repeal any minimum standard relating to staff-child ratio, group
size, or square footage that conflicts with the 1985 standards.

The Texas Board of Protective and Regulatory Services recently
adopted rules raising the 1985 standards for licensed child care
facilities.  The bill would halt implementation of several new
standards, which could make child care purchased or provided by
the state and local governments less expensive than would have
been the case under the new rules.  However, the extent of the
savings cannot be determined at this time.


The fiscal implication to the State or units of local government
cannot be determined.
    

        




 


Source:   LBB Staff: JK, NM, SM, DF
                        Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services