By Naishtat H.B. No. 2543 77R5769 KLA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide 1-3 child-care intervention services for certain children with severe 1-4 behavioral problems. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 40.071 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 40.071. CHILD-CARE INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) 1-9 Subject to available funding, the department shall develop and 1-10 implement a pilot program under which the department awards grants 1-11 to or contracts with community-based organizations experienced in 1-12 parenting skills training to provide child-care intervention 1-13 services to: 1-14 (1) parents of children who are at least 18 months of 1-15 age but not more than five years of age and who are identified as 1-16 exhibiting severe behavioral problems in a child-care environment; 1-17 and 1-18 (2) child-care facilities, as defined by Section 1-19 42.002, providing care for children described by Subdivision (1). 1-20 (b) An organization awarded a grant or with which the 1-21 department contracts under the pilot program shall contract with 1-22 child-care facilities to provide care for children described by 1-23 Subsection (a). 1-24 (c) Child-care intervention services provided by an 2-1 organization awarded a grant or with which the department contracts 2-2 under the pilot program must include: 2-3 (1) integrated family services for parents of children 2-4 described by Subsection (a) requiring parental participation and 2-5 parenting skills training, including training in positive parenting 2-6 and behavioral intervention techniques, that are designed to 2-7 minimize child-care disruptions and loss of child-care options; and 2-8 (2) specialized training in behavioral intervention 2-9 techniques for child-care facilities with which the organization 2-10 contracts under Subsection (b). 2-11 (d) Not later than December 1, 2002, the department shall 2-12 submit to the legislature a report concerning the effectiveness of 2-13 the pilot program. 2-14 (e) This section expires September 1, 2003. 2-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.