Amend HB 680 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, line 35), strike "Subsection (c)" and substitute "Subsections (c) and (d)".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 302.0042(b)(4), Labor Code (page 1, line 44), strike "price charged by child care providers for" and substitute "monthly price charged by child care providers for full-day".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 302.0042(b), Labor Code, between Subdivisions (4) and (5) (page 1, between lines 46 and 47), insert the following appropriately numbered subdivision:
(_) the average monthly price charged by quality child care providers for full-day child care in each local workforce development area;
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 302.0042(b)(9), Labor Code (page 2, lines 3 through 10), and add the following appropriately numbered subdivisions:
(_) the number of child care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of both subsidized child care providers and all child care providers in the local workforce development area;
(_) the number of 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of both subsidized child care providers and all child care providers in the local workforce development area;
(5) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 302.0042, Labor Code, immediately following added Subsection (c) (page 2, between lines 28 and 29), insert the following:
(d) In this section, "quality child care provider" means a child care provider that:
(1) participates in the commission's Texas Rising Star Program; and
(2) is accredited by the National Early Childhood Program Accreditation Commission or the National Association for the Education of Young Children, or holds any other accreditation the commission determines meets the quality standards of the Texas Rising Star Program.
(6) In SECTION 2 of the bill, renumber the subdivisions of amended Section 302.0042(b), Labor Code, as appropriate.
(7) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 302.0043(f), Labor Code (page 2, line 68), strike "and".
(8) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 302.0043(f), Labor Code (page 3, line 1), strike "302.0042(b)(8)-(11)." and substitute the following:
302.0042(b)(8)-(11);
(4) include a summary of the input obtained under Section 302.00435; and
(5) include any recommendations for legislation or regulation, including regulatory recommendations for governmental bodies other than the commission, regarding the input obtained under Section 302.00435.
(9) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 302.00435(b)(1), Labor Code (page 3, line 14), strike "and".
(10) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 302.00435(b), Labor Code (page 3, line 16), strike "program." and substitute the following:
program;
(3) existing health and safety rules and regulations that could be more efficient or less costly without reducing health and safety outcomes; and
(4) the burdens relating to complying with existing regulations that could be mitigated, reduced, or eliminated while maintaining the intent, objective, or purpose of the underlying regulation.