By Zaffirini                                            S.B. No. 52
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a requirement that child-care facilities post certain
 1-3     signs.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 42.055(a), Human Resources Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  Each child-care facility shall post in a location that
 1-8     is conspicuous to all employees and customers a sign that includes:
 1-9                 (1)  a description of the provisions of the Family Code
1-10     relating to the duty to report child abuse or neglect;  [and]
1-11                 (2)  a description of the penalties for violating the
1-12     reporting provisions of the Family Code; and
1-13                 (3)  a brief description of at least two phenomena that
1-14     adversely affect children's well-being, such as sudden infant death
1-15     syndrome or shaken-baby syndrome, and methods for preventing those
1-16     phenomena.
1-17           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.