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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to standards for nutrition, physical activity, and screen |
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time for certain child-care facilities and homes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (e-3), (e-4), and (e-5) to read as follows: |
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(e-3) The minimum standards for a day-care center or |
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registered family home adopted under Subsection (e) must be |
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consistent with: |
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(1) American Academy of Pediatrics standards for |
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physical activity and screen time as published in Caring for Our |
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Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; |
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Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 4th Edition; and |
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(2) the nutrition standards in the Child and Adult |
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Care Food Program administered by the Department of Agriculture. |
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(e-4) A day-care center or registered family home is not |
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required to participate in or comply with the reporting |
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requirements of the Child and Adult Care Food Program administered |
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by the Department of Agriculture. |
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(e-5) If the commission determines that the economic impact |
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of requiring a day-care center or registered family home to comply |
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with a minimum standard adopted under Subsection (e-3) is |
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sufficiently great to make compliance impractical, the commission |
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may require the day-care center or registered family home to meet |
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the guidelines of the minimum standard through an alternative |
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method. |
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SECTION 2. 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 the rules necessary to implement |
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the changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |