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	Amend CSSB 6 in Article 1 of the bill by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION 1.__.  (a)  Section 42.052, Human Resources Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (1) to read as follows:
	(1)  The department may create a tiered child-care licensing 
system that allows child-care facilities to voluntarily obtain 
licensure levels that require higher child-care quality than the 
department's minimum licensing standards.  The executive 
commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the system.  In adopting 
the rules, the executive commissioner may consider:
		(1)  standards used for determining reimbursement rates 
under the designated vendor program as provided by Section 
2308.315, Government Code; and
		(2)  standards used in the quality rating system under 
Section 29.160, Education Code.
	(b)  The Department of Family and Protective Services shall 
develop recommendations regarding incentives for child-care 
facilities to voluntarily obtain higher levels of licensure created 
under Section 42.052(1), Human Resources Code, as added by this 
section.  Not later than November 1, 2006, the department shall 
report those recommendations to the legislature.