By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 2866



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

Relating to duplicate inspections of licensed day-care centers.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.0442 of the Human Resources Code is 
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 
political subdivision of the state to eliminate redundant 
inspections.
	(b)  The department shall form an interagency task force with 
the Texas Department of Health, the Texas Department of Human 
Services, and the Texas Workforce Commission to develop an 
inspection protocol that will coordinate inspections by those 
agencies.  The protocol must assign the required items for 
inspection by each agency 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 that inspects a facility 
listed in Subsection (a) shall use the inspection checklist in 
performing an inspection.  A state agency 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.
	(d)  The department shall provide to facilities listed in 
Subsection (a) information regarding inspections, including who 
may inspect a facility and the purpose of each type of inspection.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.