Bill Text: TX SB972 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Referred to Economic Development [SB972 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB972-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 972 | |
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| relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers | ||
| participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2308.3151, Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Each board may reimburse a Texas Rising Star Program | ||
| provider in the board's area at the board's maximum rate of | ||
| reimbursement for the provider's Texas Rising Star Program rating | ||
| level regardless of the provider's published rate only if paying | ||
| the higher reimbursement rate does not reduce the commission's | ||
| target performance measure for the average number of children | ||
| served each day for children receiving subsidized child care in the | ||
| workforce development area served by the board. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
