TITLE: Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

SUMMARY: Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2308.3151, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Each board may reimburse a Texas Rising Star Program provider in the board's area at the board's maximum rate of reimbursement for the provider's Texas Rising Star Program rating level regardless of the provider's published rate only if paying the higher reimbursement rate does not reduce the commission's target performance measure for the average number of children served each day for children receiving subsidized child care in the workforce development area served by the board. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.