| TO: | Honorable David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor, Senate |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB76 by Nelson (Relating to certain providers of subsidized child care. ), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would require all providers of relative child care funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant to have and clear a criminal history and background check as well as become a listed family home through the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). The listed family homes in which the provider cares for the child in the child's own home would be exempted from the listing fee assessed by DFPS. DFPS indicates they would need two additional FTEs to implement the bill.
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) must develop risk assessment protocols to identify, assess and correct fraud, waste and abuse in the child care program. The bill would authorize TWC to use a motor vehicle record to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs. TWC indicates the cost of implementing this task can be absorbed within existing resources. The Department of Public Safety indicates no fiscal impact associated with implementation of the bill.
The bill would also amend Chapter 730, Transportation Code, by requiring disclosure of personal information obtained by an agency in connection with a motor vehicle record for enforcement by TWC under Title 4, Labor Code. The bill would also permit disclosure of a person's photographic image to an agency investigating an alleged violation under authority provided by Title 4, Labor Code.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
| Source Agencies: | 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 405 Department of Public Safety, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, NB, CL, MB, VJC, ESi, NV, RC
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