78R11517 KKA-F


By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 2866

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2866:                                   

By:  Wohlgemuth                                               C.S.H.B. No. 2866



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to coordination of inspections of certain licensed 
child-care facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 42.0442(a), (b), and (c), Human 
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall coordinate monitoring inspections 
of licensed day-care centers, licensed group day-care homes, and 
registered family homes performed by another state agency or a 
political subdivision of the state to eliminate redundant 
inspections.
	(b)  The department shall form a [an interagency] task force 
consisting of representatives of [with] the Texas Department of 
Health, the Texas Department of Human Services, [and] the Texas 
Workforce Commission, and political subdivisions to develop an 
inspection protocol that will coordinate inspections by those 
agencies and political subdivisions.  The protocol must assign the 
required items for inspection by each agency or political 
subdivision and facilitate the sharing of inspection data and 
compliance history.
	(c)  The [interagency] task force shall establish an 
inspection checklist based on the inspection protocol developed 
under Subsection (b).  Each state agency or political subdivision 
that inspects a facility listed in Subsection (a) shall use the 
inspection checklist in performing an inspection.  A state agency 
or political subdivision shall make a copy of the completed 
inspection checklist available to the facility at the facility's 
request to assist the facility in maintaining records.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
	(b)  Not later than June 1, 2004:                                              
		(1)  the Department of Protective and Regulatory 
Services shall complete development of the inspection protocol 
required by Section 42.0442(b), Human Resources Code, as amended by 
this Act, and establishment of the inspection checklist required by 
Section 42.0442(c), Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act; 
and
		(2)  each political subdivision of this state shall 
begin using the inspection checklist as required by Section 
42.0442(c), Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act.