Bill Text: TX HB2598 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workplace soft skills training pilot program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB2598 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2598-Engrossed.html
| 88R12789 KSD-D | ||
| By: Gamez, Plesa, et al. | H.B. No. 2598 | |
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| relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of | ||
| a workplace soft skills training pilot program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 302.0201 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 302.0201. WORKPLACE SOFT SKILLS TRAINING PILOT | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer a pilot | ||
| program in Cameron County under which the division: | ||
| (1) offers a six-week training course on workplace | ||
| soft skills, including workplace ethics and etiquette, effective | ||
| communication, leadership, organizational skills, and time | ||
| management; and | ||
| (2) awards a certificate of completion for a | ||
| participant's successful completion of the training course. | ||
| (b) The commission by rule shall establish curriculum | ||
| requirements for the pilot program and eligibility criteria for a | ||
| person to participate in the pilot program. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2024, the commission shall | ||
| evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program at enhancing the | ||
| workplace soft skills and employment outcomes of participants and | ||
| report the results of the evaluation to the legislature. The report | ||
| must include the commission's recommendation on whether the pilot | ||
| program should be continued on a statewide basis. | ||
| (d) This section expires September 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
