Bill Text: TX SB1555 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to establishing reimbursement rates for certain child-care providers participating in the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1555 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1555-Enrolled.html
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relating to establishing reimbursement rates for certain | ||
child-care providers participating in the subsidized child-care | ||
program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Section 2308.315 and adding Section 2308.3151 | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2308.315. REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CHILD-CARE | ||
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graduated reimbursement rates for child-care providers | ||
participating in the commission's subsidized child-care program | ||
that align the commission's age groupings with the | ||
child-to-caregiver ratios and group sizes adopted by the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission. The graduated rates shall provide the | ||
highest reimbursement rate to child-care providers that provide | ||
care to children in the age group with the lowest | ||
child-to-caregiver ratio. The commission shall supply any | ||
demographic data needed by the board to establish the rates. | ||
Sec. 2308.3151. REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR TEXAS RISING STAR | ||
PROGRAM PROVIDERS. (a) Each board shall establish graduated | ||
reimbursement rates for child care based on the commission's Texas | ||
Rising Star Program. | ||
(b) The minimum reimbursement rate for a Texas Rising Star | ||
Program provider must be greater than the maximum rate established | ||
for a provider who is not a Texas Rising Star Program provider for | ||
the same category of care. The reimbursement rate must be: | ||
(1) at least five percent higher for a provider with a | ||
two-star rating; | ||
(2) at least seven percent higher for a provider with a | ||
three-star rating; and | ||
(3) at least nine percent higher for a provider with a | ||
four-star rating. | ||
(c) The Texas Rising Star Program rate differential | ||
established in this section shall be funded with federal child-care | ||
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(d) The commission shall examine and implement strategies | ||
to address the increased costs a Texas Rising Star Program provider | ||
with a four-star or three-star rating would incur to provide care to | ||
infants and toddlers due to low child-to-caregiver ratios for | ||
children in those age groups. [ |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2023, each local | ||
workforce development board shall establish the child-care | ||
reimbursement rates required under Section 2308.315, Government | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1555 passed the Senate on | ||
April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1555 passed the House on | ||
May 5, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 23, one present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |