86R13772 SCL-D
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1744
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to training requirements and prohibited discrimination
  for child-care facilities and registered family homes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.042(e), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The executive commissioner shall promulgate minimum
  standards that apply to licensed child-care facilities and to
  registered family homes covered by this chapter and that will:
               (1)  promote the health, safety, and welfare of
  children attending a facility or registered family home;
               (2)  promote safe, comfortable, and healthy physical
  facilities and registered family homes for children;
               (3)  ensure adequate supervision of children by
  capable, qualified, and healthy personnel;
               (4)  ensure adequate and healthy food service where
  food service is offered;
               (5)  prohibit [racial] discrimination based on race or
  disability by child-care facilities and registered family homes;
               (6)  require procedures for parental and guardian
  consultation in the formulation of children's educational and
  therapeutic programs;
               (7)  prevent the breakdown of foster care and adoptive
  placement; and
               (8)  ensure that a child-care facility or registered
  family home:
                     (A)  follows the directions of a child's physician
  or other health care provider in providing specialized medical
  assistance required by the child; and
                     (B)  maintains for a reasonable time a copy of any
  directions from the physician or provider that the parent provides
  to the facility or home.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The initial training described by Subsection (a)(1)
  must include training on:
               (1)  trauma-informed care; and
               (2)  behavioral health that includes:
                     (A)  methods for:
                           (i)  understanding and managing behaviors;
                           (ii)  requesting a consultation; and
                           (iii)  providing support to all children who
  are provided care; and
                     (B)  a description of the impact autism and other
  intellectual and developmental disabilities have on behavior and
  communication.
         (a-2)  The annual training described by Subsection (a)(2)
  must include training on providing care to children with special
  needs that includes methods for:
               (1)  identifying possible developmental delays;
               (2)  locating community resources for the children;
               (3)  providing effective communication to the
  children's parents; and
               (4)  accommodating the special needs of children in the
  classroom.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement
  the changes in law made by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.