HB 2271
AN ACT relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
This Texas bill requires all day-care centers, group day-care homes, and family homes to submit detailed capacity and enrollment data to the Texas Workforce Commission, including total desired capacity, current enrollment numbers by age group, and available positions. The commission will make this information publicly accessible through a child care availability portal, enabling parents to easily find and compare day-care options in their geographic region. Day-care providers must update their enrollment information within 30 days of any changes, helping families make more informed childcare decisions.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain day-care centers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 42.0413 to read as follows: Sec. 42.0413. SUBMISSION OF CAPACITY AND ENROLLMENT DATA. (a) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family home shall submit capacity and enrollment information to the Texas Workforce Commission and the commission shall include the information on the commission's child care availability portal to allow parents to locate day-care centers, group day-care homes, and family homes in their geographic region that have available (b) The information provided under this section must (1) information regarding the day-care center's, group day-care home's, or family home's desired total capacity; and (2) the following information disaggregated by age (A) the number of children currently enrolled in (B) the number of positions the center or home (c) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family home shall notify the Texas Workforce Commission of any change in the enrollment information as soon as practicable but not later than the 30th day after the date of any change in enrollment or 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 rules necessary to implement Section 42.0413, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
Legislators who authored or co-sponsored this bill.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Day Care and related subject areas.
Brianna M. Menard
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
Fred Shannon
Matthew Bentley
Allison Billodeau
Jennifer Shelley Rodriguez
Ky Ash
Nora Del Bosque
Craig Holzheauser
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment
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