81R10218 KLA-D
 
  By: Flores H.B. No. 2218
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the distribution of federal child care development
  funds to local workforce development boards.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 302.0042, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
         (c)  The commission shall determine each local workforce
  development board's average maximum reimbursement rate in effect
  during the previous year before evaluating the formulas used to
  distribute federal child care development funds as required by
  Subsection (a). To determine that average rate, the commission
  shall average the local workforce development area's maximum
  reimbursement rates in effect for each type of care, but may not
  weight the average according to the area's child care case mix.
         (d)  Each year after determining the average maximum
  reimbursement rates as provided by Subsection (c), the commission
  shall identify each local workforce development area that has an
  average maximum reimbursement rate that is ranked in the third or
  fourth quartile of those rates. The commission shall adjust the
  child care development fund distribution formulas to provide
  sufficient funds estimated to enable the local workforce
  development board in each identified area to increase the average
  maximum reimbursement rate to equal the overall average maximum
  reimbursement rate for all local workforce development areas.
         (e)  Funds provided to a local workforce development board
  under Subsection (d) may be used only to increase child care
  reimbursement rates, and may not be used for administrative
  expenses or to increase the number of children provided services.
  The board shall provide a report to the commission at intervals
  required by the commission that describes in detail the purposes
  for which the funds were used. The commission shall compile the
  reports into a single report and provide that report to the
  legislature not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year.
         SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
  a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
  federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
  the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
  authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
  waiver or authorization is granted.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.