AN ACT 1-1 relating to the review by the Texas Workforce Commission of the 1-2 allocation of certain funds for child care. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. REVIEW OF CHILD CARE ALLOCATION FORMULAS. 1-5 (a) The Texas Workforce Commission, in consultation with local 1-6 workforce development boards, shall conduct a review of the child 1-7 care allocation formulas in 40 T.A.C. Section 800.58 to compare the 1-8 commission's current child care funding system with a system that 1-9 emphasizes providing funding to areas with the greatest need for 1-10 child care services. 1-11 (b) In conducting the review required by this Act, an area's 1-12 need for child care services shall be evaluated according to the 1-13 number of children in the area who: 1-14 (1) are under the age of 14 and who live in poverty, 1-15 as defined by federal law; 1-16 (2) participate in poverty-based programs, including 1-17 Head Start and school lunch programs; and 1-18 (3) are members of families eligible for Temporary 1-19 Assistance to Needy Families, food stamps, or Medicaid. 1-20 (c) After consideration of the criteria established under 1-21 Subsection (b) of this section and other relevant factors, the 1-22 Texas Workforce Commission shall determine: 1-23 (1) which local workforce development areas have the 1-24 greatest need for child care services; and 2-1 (2) how child care resources are currently distributed 2-2 to those areas. 2-3 (d) In conducting the review under this section, the Texas 2-4 Workforce Commission shall propose alternative methods of 2-5 allocating child care funds that address any allocation inequities 2-6 identified by the review. The commission shall identify other 2-7 programs and formulas under the commission's jurisdiction that 2-8 allocate money to local workforce development areas and that do not 2-9 take poverty-based measures into consideration. 2-10 (e) The Texas Workforce Commission shall report the findings 2-11 and recommendations required by this Act not later than November 1, 2-12 2000, to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of 2-13 representatives, and to both houses of the legislature. The 2-14 recommendations shall include proposals for any necessary 2-15 legislation to address child care allocation formulas, taking into 2-16 consideration which local workforce development areas have the 2-17 greatest need for child care services. 2-18 SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 2-19 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-24 passage, and it is so enacted. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1391 passed the Senate on May 5, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1391 passed the House on May 22, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor