Bill Text: TX SB1798 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the collection and reporting of child safety data in certain child-care facilities and establishing child safety standards in those facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1798 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1798-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 1798 | |
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| relating to the collection and reporting of child safety data in | ||
| certain child-care facilities and establishing child safety | ||
| standards in those facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (m-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (m-1) The commissioner shall: | ||
| (1) use the data collected under Section 42.04211 to | ||
| determine: | ||
| (A) the variables that negatively impact child | ||
| safety; and | ||
| (B) the standards necessary to reduce the risk | ||
| factors to children receiving care in nonresidential child-care | ||
| facilities that provide care for less than 24 hours a day; | ||
| (2) establish standards, including staff-to-child | ||
| ratios, to maximize child safety in nonresidential child-care | ||
| facilities that provide care for less than 24 hours a day; and | ||
| (3) gradually implement the standards adopted under | ||
| Subdivision (2). | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 42.04211 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 42.04211. COLLECTION OF DATA REGARDING CHILD INJURIES. | ||
| (a) Using existing resources, for each licensed nonresidential | ||
| child-care facility that provides care for less than 24 hours a day, | ||
| the department shall: | ||
| (1) collect, compile, and report data, categorized by | ||
| the age of each child, regarding serious and critical injuries, | ||
| serious incidents, and child fatalities that occur in each | ||
| facility; and | ||
| (2) routinely collect the following data to determine | ||
| risk factors related to child injury, maltreatment, and child | ||
| fatalities in each facility: | ||
| (A) the status of the facility's license; | ||
| (B) the education and certification obtained by | ||
| caregivers and directors of the facility; | ||
| (C) staff-to-child ratios and group sizes in each | ||
| classroom; and | ||
| (D) the facility's program capacity. | ||
| (b) The department shall publish the data collected under | ||
| Subsection (a) on the department's Internet website for use by | ||
| consumers and the public. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section | ||
| 42.042(m-1), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, not later | ||
| than September 1, 2018. | ||
| (b) The Health and Human Services Commission is not required | ||
| to publish the staff-to-child ratio and group size data as required | ||
| by Section 42.04211(b), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| until December 1, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
