SB173 - Relating to training requirements for and prohibited discrimination by child-care facilities and registered family homes.

  89R4040 AMF-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 173       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to training requirements for and prohibited   discrimination by child-care facilities and registered family   homes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.042(e), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (e)  The executive commissioner shall promulgate minimum   standards that apply to licensed child-care facilities and to   registered family homes covered by this chapter and that will:                (1)  promote the health, safety, and welfare of   children attending a facility or registered family home;                (2)  promote safe, comfortable, and healthy physical   facilities and registered family homes for children;                (3)  ensure adequate supervision of children by   capable, qualified, and healthy personnel;                (4)  ensure adequate and healthy food service where   food service is offered;                (5)  prohibit [ racial ] discrimination based on race or   disability by child-care facilities and registered family homes;                (6)  require procedures for parental and guardian   consultation in the formulation of children's educational and   therapeutic programs;                (7)  prevent the breakdown of foster care and adoptive   placement;                (8)  ensure that a child-care facility or registered   family home:                      (A)  follows the directions of a child's physician   or other health care provider in providing specialized medical   assistance required by the child; and                      (B)  maintains for a reasonable time a copy of any   directions from the physician or provider that the parent provides   to the facility or home; and                (9)  ensure that a child's health, safety, and welfare   are adequately protected on the grounds of a child-care facility or   registered family home.          SECTION 2.  Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is   amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:           (a-1)     The initial training described by Subsection (a)(1)   must include training on:                 (1)  trauma-informed care; and                 (2)  behavioral health that includes:                       (A)  methods for:                             (i)  understanding and managing behaviors;                             (ii)     requesting a behavioral health   consultation; and                             (iii)     providing behavioral health support   to all children who are provided care; and                       (B)     a description of the impact autism and other   intellectual and developmental disabilities have on behavior and   communication.           (a-2)     The annual training described by Subsection (a)(2)   must include training on care provided to children with special   needs and methods for:                 (1)  identifying possible developmental delays;                 (2)  locating community resources for the children;                 (3)     providing effective communication to the   children's parents; and                 (4)     accommodating the special needs of children in the   day-care center or group day-care home.          SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.