By: Walle H.B. No. 4024       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of the child care scholarship fund          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by   adding Chapter 321 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 321.  CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP FUND          Sec. 321.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Advisory board" means the program fund advisory   board established under Section 321.006.                (2)  "Agency" means the Texas Workforce Commission.          Sec. 321.002.  ESTABLISHMENT. The agency shall establish   and administer the child care scholarship fund to expand   scholarship opportunities through the Child Care Services program   administered by the agency and help eligible families in the state   access high-quality child care.          Sec. 321.003.  FUND. (a) The fund is a special fund in the   state treasury outside the general revenue fund.          (b)  The fund consists of:                (1)  money appropriated by the legislature for deposit   to the credit of the program fund for the purposes of this chapter;                (2)  interest earned on the investment of money in the   fund;                (3)  gifts, grants, and donations received by the   commission for the purposes of this chapter; and                (4)  any other sources of revenue that the legislature   may dedicate for deposit to the program fund.          (c)  Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the   commission for purposes authorized by this chapter.          Sec. 321.004.  USE OF FUND. (a) The Texas Workforce   Commission must submit to the Texas Workforce Commissioners and the   Texas Comptrollers of Public Accounts a request for approval of a   proposed disbursement and how that disbursement will be used to   increase subsidized child care rates or the number of Child Care   Services scholarships provided to eligible families in this state.          Sec. 321.005.  ANNUAL REPORT. The commission shall publish   and submit to the legislature a report detailing the efficacy of the   fund not later than December 15 of each even-numbered year. The   report must include:                (1)  the amount appropriated to the Child Care Services   program during the preceding state fiscal year;                (2)  the usage of the fund, including the total amount   of child care scholarship payments paid out of the program fund;                (3)  legislative or other recommendations for   improving the impact of the fund; and                (4)  any other information the commission considers   relevant.          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2026, the Texas   Workforce Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to administer   the child care scholarship fund established under Chapter 321,   Labor Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.