SB 2609

relating to a process for determining the rating level of certain
child-care facilities operated by providers participating in the
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
(3)  the commission waives requirements related to
licensing history for the facility.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.