bill letting new child-care centers borrow a four-star rating

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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.