SRC-DPW C.S.S.B. 558 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 558
76R4742 KLA-DBy: Lucio
Human Services
3/24/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


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 froth 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 proposed, C.S.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 one hour of initial training in addition to the training required
by Subsection (a)(1) and one hour of annual training as a component of the
training required by Subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) on recognizing and
preventing shaken baby syndrome (SBS) and sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS), and understanding early childhood brain development (ECBD).
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: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.


SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 1.

Amends Chapter 42C, Human Resources Code, by adding Section 42.0421,
establishing MTS for certain child-care providers.  Deletes existing
SECTION 1 regarding the training  of personnel.