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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employee turnover reporting during a child-care |
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facility's or registered family home's license renewal. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.050, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The application for renewal of a license must require |
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the license holder to disclose the total number of employees who |
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left employment with the license holder during the preceding |
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calendar year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.052(f-1), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f-1) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules |
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governing the certification and registration renewal process for |
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all certifications and registrations issued under this chapter. The |
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rules must include: |
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(1) renewal periods; |
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(2) a process for staggered renewals; |
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(3) a process for resolving a late application for |
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renewal; |
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(4) expiration dates; and |
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(5) conditions for renewal, including requiring the |
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certificate or registration holder to disclose the total number of |
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employees who left employment with the certificate or registration |
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holder during the preceding calendar year. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.025, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) In addition to the information required under |
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Subsection (a), the searchable database must include the employment |
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information disclosed under Sections 42.050(e) and 42.052(f-1)(5). |
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SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement the |
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changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a license, certificate, or registration renewed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A license, certificate, or |
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registration renewed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |