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.