By:  Van de Putte, Gallegos                                       S.B. No. 100


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to carbon monoxide detectors in certain child-care 
facilities and family homes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, 
is amended by adding Section 42.060 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.060.  CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.  (a)  In this 
section, "carbon monoxide detector" means a device that detects and 
sounds an alarm to indicate the presence of a harmful level of 
carbon monoxide gas.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), each day-care 
center, group day-care home, and family home must be equipped with 
carbon monoxide detectors in accordance with department rules.
	(c)  The department by rule shall prescribe requirements 
regarding the placement, installation, and number of carbon 
monoxide detectors and maintenance procedures for those detectors.
	(d)  A day-care center is exempt from the carbon monoxide 
detector requirements prescribed by this section if the day-care 
center is located in a school facility that is subject to the school 
facility standards adopted by the commissioner of education under 
Section 46.008, Education Code, or similar safety standards adopted 
by the board of a local school district.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, a 
day-care center, group day-care home, or family home is not 
required to be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors as required 
by Section 42.060, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, 
before January 1, 2004.