By Zaffirini S.B. No. 52
77R572 GJH-D
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.