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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishing reimbursement rates for certain |
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child-care providers participating in the subsidized child-care |
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program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Section 2308.315 and adding Section 2308.3151 |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2308.315. REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CHILD-CARE |
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PROVIDERS [CHILD CARE]. In establishing reimbursement rates for |
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child-care providers participating in the commission's subsidized |
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child-care program, each board shall equalize the amount that |
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child-care providers providing care to children in the same |
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commission age group receive based on the maximum number of |
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children the provider may enroll under the child-to-caregiver |
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ratios and group sizes adopted by the Health and Human Services |
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Commission. |
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Sec. 2308.3151. REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR TEXAS RISING STAR |
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PROGRAM PROVIDERS. (a) Each board shall establish graduated |
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reimbursement rates for child care based on the commission's Texas |
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Rising Star Program. |
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(b) The minimum reimbursement rate for a Texas Rising Star |
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Program provider must be greater than the maximum rate established |
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for a provider who is not a Texas Rising Star Program provider for |
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the same category of care. The reimbursement rate must be: |
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(1) at least five percent higher for a provider with a |
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two-star rating; |
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(2) at least seven percent higher for a provider with a |
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three-star rating; and |
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(3) at least nine percent higher for a provider with a |
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four-star rating. |
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(c) The Texas Rising Star Program rate differential |
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established in this section shall be funded with federal child-care |
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[child care] development funds. |
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[(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a board may not |
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reimburse a provider under the reimbursement rates provided by |
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Subsection (b) before the date any revisions to rules recommended |
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by the Texas Rising Star Program review work group under Section |
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2308.321 are adopted by the commission.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |