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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to referring children to local workforce development |
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boards for subsidized child care services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 302.0461, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A local workforce development board may allow a child |
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care provider with whom the board contracts under Subsection (a) to |
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identify and refer to the board children who could be eligible for |
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subsidized child care services. In making a referral under this |
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subsection, the child care provider shall consider whether the |
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child or the child's parent is a member of a group entitled to a |
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priority in the provision of services provided by or in cooperation |
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with the commission, including a priority described by Section |
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302.152 of this code or Section 264.121(a)(3), Family Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |