Bill Text: TX HB1003 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the private child care task force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-16 - Left pending in committee [HB1003 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1003-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 1003 | |
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| relating to the establishment of the private child care task force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "task force" means the | ||
| private child care task force. | ||
| (b) The private child care task force is established to | ||
| study private child care providers in this state and methods to | ||
| reduce the amounts charged for and increase the availability of | ||
| child care provided by private child care providers. | ||
| (c) The task force is composed of seven members appointed as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) one member appointed by the governor to represent | ||
| the governor; | ||
| (2) three members of the senate, appointed by the | ||
| lieutenant governor; and | ||
| (3) three members of the house of representatives, | ||
| appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
| (d) A task force member is not entitled to compensation for | ||
| service on the task force but is entitled to reimbursement for | ||
| actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing task force | ||
| duties. The task force may accept gifts, grants, and donations to | ||
| pay for those expenses. | ||
| (e) The member appointed by the governor shall serve as the | ||
| presiding officer of the task force. | ||
| (f) The task force shall meet at least quarterly at the call | ||
| of the presiding officer. | ||
| (g) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, or any | ||
| other law, the task force may meet by telephone conference call, | ||
| videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method. A | ||
| meeting held by telephone conference call, videoconference, or | ||
| other similar telecommunication method is subject to the | ||
| requirements of Sections 551.125(c), (d), (e), and (f), Government | ||
| Code. | ||
| (h) The task force shall conduct a study to examine the | ||
| amounts charged for and the availability of child care provided by | ||
| private child care providers and methods to reduce those costs and | ||
| increase the availability of that care. The task force may request | ||
| relevant information from the Health and Human Services Commission, | ||
| and the commission shall comply with the request. | ||
| (i) The task force shall develop recommendations to reduce | ||
| the amounts charged for and increase the availability of child care | ||
| by private child care providers. | ||
| (j) The task force shall develop and submit a written report | ||
| on the study and recommendations developed by the task force to the | ||
| governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and each member of the legislature not later than | ||
| November 1, 2022. | ||
| (k) The task force is abolished and this Act expires June 1, | ||
| 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
