Bill Text: TX SB2320 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required training regarding trauma-informed care for certain child-care providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2320 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2320-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 2320 | |
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| relating to required training regarding trauma-informed care for | ||
| certain child-care providers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) The minimum training standards prescribed by the | ||
| executive commissioner under Section 42.042(p) must require an | ||
| employee, director, or operator of a child-care facility or family | ||
| home that provides care for children younger than five years of age | ||
| to complete a training program regarding trauma-informed care and | ||
| the effect of trauma on children at least once every three years. | ||
| The training may be included as a component of any other training | ||
| required by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
| the changes in law made by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
