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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the distribution of federal child care development |
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funds to local workforce development boards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 302.0042, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commission shall determine each local workforce |
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development board's average maximum reimbursement rate in effect |
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during the previous year before evaluating the formulas used to |
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distribute federal child care development funds as required by |
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Subsection (a). To determine that average rate, the commission |
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shall average the local workforce development area's maximum |
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reimbursement rates in effect for each type of care, but may not |
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weight the average according to the area's child care case mix. |
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(d) Each year after determining the average maximum |
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reimbursement rates as provided by Subsection (c), the commission |
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shall identify each local workforce development area that has an |
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average maximum reimbursement rate that is ranked in the fourth |
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quartile of those rates. The commission shall adjust the child care |
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development fund distribution formulas to provide sufficient funds |
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estimated to enable the local workforce development board in each |
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identified area to increase the average maximum reimbursement rate |
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to equal the overall average maximum reimbursement rate for all |
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local workforce development areas. |
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(e) Funds provided to a local workforce development board |
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under Subsection (d) may be used only to increase child care |
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reimbursement rates, and may not be used for administrative |
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expenses or to increase the number of children provided services. |
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The board shall provide a report to the commission at intervals |
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required by the commission that describes in detail the purposes |
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for which the funds were used. The commission shall compile the |
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reports into a single report and provide that report to the |
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legislature not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |