88R8942 BDP-D
 
  By: Kitzman H.B. No. 5284
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to emergency response protocols and safety and security
  audits developed by the Texas School Safety Center and Health and
  Human Services Commission for day-care centers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 37.2135 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.2135.  DAY-CARE CENTERS.  (a)  In this section,
  "day-care center" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002, Human
  Resources Code. 
         (b)  The center, in collaboration with the Health and Human
  Services Commission, shall:
               (1)  research best practices regarding emergency
  preparedness of day-care centers and serve as a clearinghouse for
  that information;
               (2)  develop safety and security audit procedures for
  day-care centers that include:
                     (A)  the frequency of the safety and security
  audit to be conducted by a day-care center under Section 42.04432,
  Human Resources Code; and
                     (B)  the manner in which a day-care center must
  report the results of the safety and security audit conducted under
  Section 42.04432, Human Resources Code, to the center;
               (3)  develop and publish guidelines for standard
  emergency response protocol requirements; and 
               (4)  provide day-care centers with safety and standard
  emergency response protocol training and technical assistance.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 42.04432 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.04432.  EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOL FOR AND SAFETY
  AND SECURITY AUDIT OF CERTAIN FACILITIES. (a)  In this section,
  "center" means the Texas School Safety Center. 
         (b)  Each day-care center shall:
               (1)  follow the standard emergency response protocol
  guidelines developed by the center, in collaboration with the
  commission as required by Section 37.2135, Education Code;
               (2)  conduct safety and security audits following the
  safety and security audit procedures developed by the center, in
  collaboration with the commission under Section 37.2135, Education
  Code; and 
               (3)  report the results of the safety and security
  audit conducted under Subdivision (2) to the center in the manner
  required by Section 37.2135, Education Code.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas School Safety Center and the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall develop the procedures and guidelines
  required by Section 37.2135, Education Code, and Section 42.04432,
  Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.