H.B. No. 2294         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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the House on May   10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 26, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the Senate on May   26, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor