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  88R2602 MM-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 353
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers
  participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2308.3151, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  Each board shall reimburse a Texas Rising Star Program
  provider in the board's area at the board's maximum rate of
  reimbursement for the provider's Texas Rising Star Program rating
  level regardless of the provider's published rate.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.