89R6286 DNC-D
	By: Blanco	S.B. No. 1249

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the
	Borderplex workforce development area.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
	adding Chapter 321 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 321.  CERTIFIED CAREGIVER PILOT PROGRAM
	Sec. 321.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "program" means
	the certified caregiver pilot program established under this
	chapter.
	Sec. 321.002.  ESTABLISHMENT. (a)  The commission shall
	establish and administer the certified caregiver pilot program in
	the Borderplex workforce development area to address the need for
	after-hours child care for single-parent household working parents
	who are pursuing a short-term workforce training program in the
	area.
	(b)  The program shall:
	(1)  assist employees of child-care facilities
	licensed under Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, with
	obtaining a license under Section 321.004 in order to provide child
	care to the children of eligible parents outside of regular working
	hours in the employee's home; and
	(2)  provide supplemental subsidized child care for
	single-parent households eligible under Section 321.005.
	Sec. 321.003.  PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. (a)  The local
	workforce development board serving the Borderplex workforce
	development area shall select a total of 30 single-parent families
	eligible under Section 321.005 that will qualify for supplemental
	subsidized child care for a period of not more than six months.
	(b)  A certified caregiver licensed under Section 321.004
	shall be eligible to participate in the commission's subsidized
	child-care program to provide child care outside regular working
	hours to a child of a parent participating in the program.
	Sec. 321.004.  LICENSE FOR CERTIFIED CAREGIVER. (a) The
	executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
	shall adopt a procedure to issue a license to a caregiver who meets
	the requirements of this section that allows the caregiver to
	operate as a listed family home for purposes of the pilot program.
	(b)  The procedure must require a caregiver to:
	(1)  be a current employee of a child-care facility
	licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, with not less than
	two years of child-care experience;
	(2)  provide after-hours child care in the caregiver's
	own home; and
	(3)  list the caregiver's home with the Health and Human
	Services Commission as a family home and comply with minimum
	standards for a listed family home adopted by the executive
	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under
	Section 42.042, Human Resources Code.
	Sec. 321.005.  PARENT ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to
	receive a child-care subsidy under the program, a parent must, at
	the time of application:
	(1)  receive a subsidy under the commission's
	child-care subsidy program;
	(2)  reside in a single-parent household;
	(3)  have completed a sufficient number of
	postsecondary education credit hours, as determined by the
	commission;
	(4)  be enrolled in or agree to enroll in a short-term
	workforce training program supported by the local workforce
	development board serving the Borderplex workforce development
	area; and
	(5)  demonstrate a need for child care outside of
	regular working hours in order to complete the workforce training
	program described under Subdivision (4).
	Sec. 321.006.  REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2028, the
	commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant
	governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing
	committee of each house of the legislature with primary
	jurisdiction over economic development a report on:
	(1)  the efficacy of the program;
	(2)  the completion rate of workforce training programs
	by parents receiving child care under the program;
	(3)  the total cost of the program; and
	(4)  a recommendation on whether to continue, expand,
	or terminate the program.
	Sec. 321.007.  RULES. The commission shall adopt rules
	necessary to implement this chapter.
	Sec. 321.008.  EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September
	1, 2029.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.