R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
 1-2     of Texas, 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That House Rule
 1-3     13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
 1-4     13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
 1-5     resolve the differences on Senate Bill No. 558, relating to
 1-6     training requirements for certain child-care providers, to consider
 1-7     and take action on the following matter:
 1-8           House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (2), are suspended to
 1-9     permit the committee to amend Section 1 of the bill to read as
1-10     follows:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
1-12     is amended by adding Section 42.0421 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 42.0421.  MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS.  (a)  The minimum
1-14     training standards prescribed by the department under Section
1-15     42.042(p) for an employee of a day-care center or group day-care
1-16     home must include:
1-17                 (1)  eight hours of initial training for an employee of
1-18     a day-care center who has no previous training or employment
1-19     experience in a regulated child-care facility, to be completed
1-20     before the employee is given responsibility for a group of
1-21     children;
1-22                 (2)  15 hours of annual training for each employee of a
1-23     day-care center or group day-care home, excluding the director; and
1-24                 (3)  20 hours of annual training for each director of a
 2-1     day-care center or group day-care home.
 2-2           (b)  The minimum training standards prescribed by the
 2-3     department under Section 42.042(p) must require an employee of a
 2-4     licensed day-care center or group day-care home who provides care
 2-5     for children younger than 24 months of age to receive special
 2-6     training regarding the care of those children.  The special
 2-7     training must be included as a component of the initial training
 2-8     required by Subsection (a)(1) and as a one-hour component of the
 2-9     annual training required by Subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3).  The
2-10     special training must include information on:
2-11                 (1)  recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome;
2-12                 (2)  preventing sudden infant death syndrome; and
2-13                 (3)  understanding early childhood brain development.
2-14           (c)  The department by rule shall require an operator of a
2-15     registered family home who provides care for a child younger than
2-16     24 months of age to complete one hour of annual training on:
2-17                 (1)  recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome;
2-18                 (2)  preventing sudden infant death syndrome; and
2-19                 (3)  understanding early childhood brain development.
2-20           (d)  Section 42.042(m) does not apply to the minimum training
2-21     standards required by this section.
2-22           Explanation: This amendment is necessary to require that the
2-23     special training required by Section 42.0421(b), Human Resources
2-24     Code, as added by the Act, be included as a component of the
2-25     required eight hours of initial training.
                                                                      Garcia
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                                                   Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.R. No. 1316 was adopted by the House on May
         29, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House