By: Lucio S.R. No. 1180 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 76th 1-2 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That Senate Rule 12.03 be 1-3 suspended, as provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to enable the 1-4 conference committee appointed to resolve the differences between 1-5 the house and senate versions of S.B. No. 558, relating to training 1-6 requirements for certain child-care providers, to consider and take 1-7 action on the following matter: 1-8 Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (2) are suspended to permit the 1-9 committee to amend Section 1 of the bill to read as follows: 1-10 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, 1-11 is amended by adding Section 42.0421 to read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 42.0421. MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS. (a) The minimum 1-13 training standards prescribed by the department under Section 1-14 42.042(p) for an employee of a day-care center or group day-care 1-15 home must include: 1-16 (1) eight hours of initial training for an employee of 1-17 a day-care center who has no previous training or employment 1-18 experience in a regulated child-care facility, to be completed 1-19 before the employee is given responsibility for a group of 1-20 children; 1-21 (2) 15 hours of annual training for each employee of a 1-22 day-care center or group day-care home, excluding the director; and 1-23 (3) 20 hours of annual training for each director of a 1-24 day-care center or group day-care home. 2-1 (b) The minimum training standards prescribed by the 2-2 department under Section 42.042(p) must require an employee of a 2-3 licensed day-care center or group day-care home who provides care 2-4 for children younger than 24 months of age to receive special 2-5 training regarding the care of those children. The special 2-6 training must be included as a component of the initial training 2-7 required by Subsection (a)(1) and as a one-hour component of the 2-8 annual training required by Subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3). The 2-9 special training must include information on: 2-10 (1) recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome; 2-11 (2) preventing sudden infant death syndrome; and 2-12 (3) understanding early childhood brain development. 2-13 (c) The department by rule shall require an operator of a 2-14 registered family home who provides care for a child younger than 2-15 24 months of age to complete one hour of annual training on: 2-16 (1) recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome; 2-17 (2) preventing sudden infant death syndrome; and 2-18 (3) understanding early childhood brain development. 2-19 (d) Section 42.042(m) does not apply to the minimum training 2-20 standards required by this section. 2-21 Explanation: This amendment is necessary to require that the 2-22 special training required by Section 42.0421(b), Human Resources 2-23 Code, as added by the Act, be included as a component of the 2-24 required eight hours of initial training. 2-25 ______________________________________ 2-26 President of the Senate 2-27 I hereby certify that the above 3-1 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-2 on May 29, 1999, by the following vote: 3-3 Yeas 30, Nays 0. 3-4 ______________________________________ 3-5 Secretary of the Senate