SB2609 - Relating to a process for determining the rating level of certain child-care facilities operated by providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

  89R16385 RAL-D     By: Blanco S.B. No. 2609       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a process for determining the rating level of certain   child-care facilities operated by providers participating in the   Texas Rising Star Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2308.3155, Government Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (b-3) to read as follows:           (b-3)     The commission shall develop a process by which the   commission may apply the four-star rating level of an existing   child-care facility operated by a Texas Rising Star Program   provider to a new child-care facility opened by the provider in the   same city, postal code, or county.   The new child-care facility may   retain the four-star rating level applied under this subsection for   not longer than six months after the date the provider opens the   facility.   During the six months described by this subsection, the   provider must demonstrate the provider's efforts to ensure the new   child-care facility is able to meet eligibility requirements for   initial certification under the Texas Rising Star Program.   The   process developed under this subsection must require that for a new   child-care facility to which this subsection applies:                 (1)     the provider obtains an initial permit from the   Health and Human Services Commission;                 (2)     the commission completes a full assessment of the   facility not later than six months after the date the provider opens   the facility; and                 (3)     the commission waives requirements related to   licensing history for the facility.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.