Bill Text: TX HB2664 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to nutrition and fitness standards for certain child-care facilities and training for employees at those facilities.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB2664 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2664-Comm_Sub.html
  85R23129 MCK-F
 
  By: Miller, Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 2664
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2664:
 
  By:  Frank C.S.H.B. No. 2664
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to nutrition and fitness standards for certain child-care
  facilities and training for employees at 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 Subsections (s), (t), (u), and (v) to read as follows:
         (s)  The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt minimum
  standards that apply to day-care centers, group day-care homes, and
  registered family homes for nutrition and daily dietary
  requirements, physical activity, and time spent using or viewing
  electronic devices. The minimum standards under this subsection
  must be consistent with:
               (1)  the nutrition and meal pattern standards in the
  Child and Adult Care Food Program administered by the Department of
  Agriculture; and
               (2)  American Academy of Pediatrics standards for
  physical activity and screen time as published in Caring for Our
  Children:  National Health and Safety Performance Standards;
  Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 3rd Edition.
         (t)  The executive commissioner shall review any subsequent
  amendments to the standards described by Subsection (s) and
  determine whether the rules adopted under that subsection should be
  amended to incorporate the new standards.
         (u)  A day-care center, group day-care home, or registered
  family home is not required to participate in or comply with the
  reporting requirements of the Child and Adult Care Food Program
  administered by the Department of Agriculture.
         (v)  The executive commissioner by rule shall require
  day-care centers, group day-care homes, and registered family homes
  to provide to parents, guardians, or caregivers of children
  enrolled at the facility information on:
               (1)  sample healthy meals and snacks; and
               (2)  food allergies and choking hazards.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.0421(a), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The minimum training standards prescribed by the
  executive commissioner under Section 42.042(p) for an employee,
  director, or operator of a day-care center, group day-care home, or
  registered family home must include:
               (1)  24 hours of initial training that must be
  completed not later than the 90th day after the employee's first day
  of employment for an employee of a day-care center who has no
  previous training or less than two years of employment experience
  in a regulated child-care facility, eight hours of which must be
  completed before the employee is given responsibility for a group
  of children;
               (2)  24 hours of annual training for each employee of a
  day-care center or group day-care home, excluding the director,
  which must include at least six hours of training in one or more of
  the following areas:
                     (A)  child growth and development;
                     (B)  guidance and discipline;
                     (C)  age-appropriate curriculum; [and]
                     (D)  teacher-child interaction; and
                     (E)  child nutrition and age-appropriate indoor
  and outdoor activities; and
               (3)  30 hours of annual training for each director of a
  day-care center or group day-care home, or operator of a registered
  family home, which must include at least six hours of training in
  one or more of the following areas:
                     (A)  child growth and development;
                     (B)  guidance and discipline;
                     (C)  age-appropriate curriculum; [and]
                     (D)  teacher-child interaction; and
                     (E)  child nutrition and age-appropriate indoor
  and outdoor activities.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2308.3155(b), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission shall adopt rules to administer the Texas
  Rising Star Program, including:
               (1)  guidelines for rating a child-care provider who
  provides child care to a child younger than 13 years of age,
  including infants and toddlers, enrolled in the subsidized program;
  [and]
               (2)  guidelines for rating a child-care provider on:
                     (A)  nutrition, lunch provision, and menu
  planning; and
                     (B)  indoor and outdoor activities;
               (3)  a scoring methodology that credits a provider for
  participating in, and remaining in good standing with, the Child
  and Adult Care Food Program administered by the Department of
  Agriculture; and
               (4)  a timeline and process for regularly reviewing and
  updating the quality standards used to determine the rating system
  that includes the commission's consideration of input from
  interested parties regarding those standards.
         SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission and the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt
  the rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this
  Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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