Bill Text: TX HB2975 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission with respect to work and family policies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2975 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2975-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2975 |
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relating to powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission | ||
with respect to work and family policies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 81.001, 81.003, 81.0045, 81.0046, | ||
81.005, 81.007, and 81.008, Labor Code, are amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 81.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
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Commission. | ||
(2) "Work and family policies" means family-related | ||
employment policies, including: | ||
(A) hiring and scheduling practices; | ||
(B) employee benefits; | ||
(C) dependent care assistance; and | ||
(D) other terms of employment related to family. | ||
Sec. 81.003. WORK AND FAMILY POLICIES RESOURCES | ||
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information and resources for employers who are considering, | ||
selecting, or implementing work and family policies, together with | ||
an explanation that: | ||
(1) the commission does not and may not provide legal | ||
advice; and | ||
(2) an employer is not required by law to implement a | ||
work and family policy included on the commission's website. | ||
Sec. 81.0045. DEPENDENT CARE GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
commission [ |
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funds to public or private persons to conduct demonstration | ||
dependent care projects. | ||
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governing the submission and approval of grant requests and the | ||
cancellation of grants. | ||
(c) To receive a grant, a person whose grant is approved | ||
must execute an interagency agreement or a contract with the | ||
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receiving the grant to perform the services as stated in the | ||
approved grant request. The contract must contain appropriate | ||
provisions for program and fiscal monitoring. | ||
Sec. 81.0046. PROMOTION OF WORK AND FAMILY POLICIES | ||
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commission may [ |
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implement work and family policies [ |
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(1) providing examples of work and family policies or | ||
providing economic data that demonstrates [ |
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benefits realized by employers who implement work and family | ||
policies [ |
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absenteeism and turnover rates, greater productivity, and federal | ||
and state tax incentives; | ||
(2) advertising the availability of federal and state | ||
tax incentives for work and family policies [ |
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(3) sharing other relevant information and resources | ||
provided to the commission voluntarily by employers, employees, and | ||
other stakeholders [ |
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Sec. 81.005. SHARING [ |
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FAMILY POLICIES. The commission may share materials [ |
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work and [ |
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published by state agencies with [ |
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other interested persons. | ||
Sec. 81.007. RULES. The commission [ |
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rules to implement this chapter [ |
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Sec. 81.008. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. (a) The | ||
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or private entity to fund any activity under this chapter. | ||
(b) The commission may accept a donation of money, services, | ||
or property only if the commission determines that the donation | ||
furthers the lawful purposes and objectives of the commission under | ||
this chapter and the donation is accepted in an open meeting by a | ||
majority of the voting members of the commission. The donation must | ||
be reported in the public records of the commission with the name of | ||
the donor and the purpose of the donation. This subsection does not | ||
apply to information and resources voluntarily shared with the | ||
commission under Section 81.0046. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 81.004, Labor Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2975 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 14, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2975 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |