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Amend SB 708 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 2, strike lines 18-21 and substitute the following:
fatalities for children four years of age and younger, aggregated by the age of the injured or deceased child, including information collected by the department, that occurred:
(A) at each licensed day-care center; and
(B) at a location other than a licensed day-care center;
(2) On page 3, line 2, strike "and".
(3) On page 3, line 5, between "(3)" and the underlined period, insert the following:
; and
(5) a comparison on whether children under the supervision of a licensed day-care center are more likely than children outside the supervision of a licensed day-care center to suffer a serious injury or death.
(f) The commission, in collaboration with the department and using existing resources, shall research, collect, compile, and publish on the commission's Internet website, in a way that allows meaningful comparison on a pro-rata basis of the relative frequency of each event included in the information required under Subsection (b)(4) and (5), the following data aggregated by child age regarding incidents at a location other than a licensed day-care center that threaten or impair the basic health, safety, or welfare of a child:
(1) the number of confirmed serious injuries to children; and
(2) the number of child fatalities.
(g) The commission may collaborate with one or more state agencies to perform a duty under Subsections (e) and (f)
(4) On page 3, strike line 11 and substitute "legislative and regulatory recommendations".