SRC-SLL, DPW, ARR S.B. 558 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 558
By: Lucio
Human Services
8/17/1999
Enrolled


DIGEST 

Currently, the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
requires training for child care providers.  There are infants in
approximately 7,700 licensed day-care centers, 1,800 group day care homes,
and 10,000 registered family homes.  S.B. 558 sets forth training
requirements for those who provide care for children younger than 24 months
of age regarding shaken baby syndrome, sudden infant death syndrome, and
early childhood brain development. 

PURPOSE

As enrolled, S.B. 558 sets forth training requirements for staff members of
licensed child-care facilities and registered family homes. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is granted to Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services in SECTION 1 (Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 42C, Human Resources Code, by adding Section
42.0421, as follows: 

Sec. 42.0421. MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS. Requires the minimum training
standards (MTS) for an employee of a day-care or group day-care home
(facility) prescribed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services (DPRS) to include eight hours of initial training for employees
with no previous child-care training or experience in a facility to be
completed prior to assuming responsibility for a group of children; and 15
hours of annual training for each employee of a day care center or group
day care home, except the director who requires 20 hours of annual
training.  Requires MTS prescribed by the DPRS to require employees who
provide care for children younger than 24 months of age (infants) to
receive special training regarding the care of those children.  Requires
the special training to be included as a component of the initial training
required by Subsection (a)(1) and as a one-hour component of the annual
training required by Subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3).  Sets forth information
that must be included in the special training.  Requires the DPRS, by rule,
to require an operator of a registered family home who provides care for
infants to complete one hour of annual training on SBS, SIDS, and ECBD.
Provides that Section 42.042(m) does not apply to the MTS required by this
section. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: January 1, 2000.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.