BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 4169

By: Sanford

Human Services

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There are concerns about the lack of readily available information about employees of child‑care facilities or registered family homes, particularly with respect to current and former employees who have violated a facility's or home's minimum standards or who have had their occupational authorization revoked. C.S.H.B. 4169 seeks to resolve this issue by providing for the development of a database accessible to child-care providers that contains certain identifying information about these employees.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 4169 amends the Human Resources Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to develop and maintain on its website a searchable database that is accessible to child-care providers and includes the name, birthdate, and license number, if applicable, of each employee or former employee of a child-care facility or registered family home whom HHSC has determined to be responsible for a violation of the minimum standards of any facility, including a family home, regulated by HHSC or who has had a relevant license, registration, or other occupational authorization revoked by a state agency. The bill requires HHSC to collaborate with other appropriate state agencies to determine the most efficient method for identifying child-care facility or registered family home employees who have had a license, registration, or other occupational authorization revoked by a state agency.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2021.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 4169 differs from the original only by including a Texas Legislative Council draft number in the footer.