1-1     By:  Naishtat, Turner of Harris, et al.               H.B. No. 2543
 1-2         (Senate Sponsor - Duncan)
 1-3           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2001;
 1-4     May 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
 1-5     and Human Services; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-6     following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide
1-10     child-care intervention services for certain children with severe
1-11     behavioral problems.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 40.071 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 40.071.  CHILD-CARE INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a)
1-16     Subject to available funding, the department shall develop and
1-17     implement a pilot program under which the department awards grants
1-18     to or contracts with community-based organizations experienced in
1-19     parenting skills training to provide child-care intervention
1-20     services to:
1-21                 (1)  parents of children who are at least 18 months of
1-22     age but not more than five years of age and who are identified as
1-23     exhibiting severe behavioral problems in a child-care environment;
1-24     and
1-25                 (2)  child-care facilities, as defined by Section
1-26     42.002, providing care for children described by Subdivision (1).
1-27           (b)  An organization awarded a grant or with which the
1-28     department contracts under the pilot program shall:
1-29                 (1)  contract with child-care facilities to provide
1-30     care for children described by Subsection (a); and
1-31                 (2)  ensure that the organization has procedures by
1-32     which it refers each child suspected of having a disability to an
1-33     appropriate early childhood intervention or special education
1-34     program.
1-35           (c)  Child-care intervention services provided by an
1-36     organization awarded a grant or with which the department contracts
1-37     under the pilot program must include:
1-38                 (1)  integrated family services for parents of children
1-39     described by Subsection (a) requiring parental participation and
1-40     parenting skills training, including training in positive parenting
1-41     and behavioral intervention techniques, that are designed to
1-42     minimize child-care disruptions and loss of child-care options; and
1-43                 (2)  specialized training in behavioral intervention
1-44     techniques for child-care facilities with which the organization
1-45     contracts under Subsection (b)(1).
1-46           (d)  Not later than December 1, 2002, the department shall
1-47     submit to the legislature a report concerning the effectiveness of
1-48     the pilot program.
1-49           (e)  This section expires September 1, 2003.
1-50           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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