Bill Text: TX HB1964 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the cost of providing quality child care in this state in comparison to family income.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Left pending in committee [HB1964 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1964-Introduced.html
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By: Lopez | H.B. No. 1964 |
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relating to a study on the cost of providing quality child care in | ||
this state in comparison to family income. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 301.0701 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.0701. CHILD-CARE STUDY. (a) The commission shall | ||
conduct a study in this state regarding the cost, in comparison to | ||
family income, of providing child care that meets at least the | ||
minimum quality requirements for certification as a three-star | ||
rating provider under the Texas Rising Star Program. The study | ||
must: | ||
(1) examine statewide and for each local workforce | ||
development area the: | ||
(A) trends in the current costs and projections | ||
for future costs of providing quality child care; | ||
(B) costs of providing quality child care in | ||
comparison to family income based on federal poverty guidelines, | ||
state median household incomes, or other relevant income standards; | ||
(C) amount or estimated amount of governmental | ||
money available to support subsidized child care over the periods | ||
used for the data described in Paragraphs (A) and (B) and the number | ||
of children receiving subsidized child care; and | ||
(D) cost of providing quality child care in | ||
comparison to the reimbursement rate for subsidized child care and | ||
the market rate for providing that level of care; and | ||
(2) estimate the number of families eligible to | ||
receive subsidized child care. | ||
(b) In conducting the study under Subsection (a), the | ||
commission shall include the following expenses when calculating | ||
the cost of providing the quality child care described by that | ||
subsection: | ||
(1) the salary and benefits, including insurance, for | ||
the employees of the child-care facility; | ||
(2) the facility's operating costs, including any rent | ||
or mortgage, utility expenses, insurance, and building | ||
maintenance; | ||
(3) the costs for computer equipment, software, and | ||
other technology needed to operate the facility; | ||
(4) any costs incurred in obtaining certification | ||
under the Texas Rising Star Program, including any certification or | ||
assessment fees; | ||
(5) the license fees needed to operate the facility; | ||
and | ||
(6) any other expense the commission considers is | ||
necessary to provide the quality child care described by Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
(c) Not later than December 15, 2022, the commission shall | ||
report the results of the study conducted under Subsection (a) to | ||
the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and each legislative standing committee with | ||
jurisdiction over child-care facilities. | ||
(d) Not later than December 15, 2024, the commission shall | ||
update the study results and provide the update to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and each legislative standing committee with jurisdiction over | ||
child-care facilities. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |