89R7937 MM-F     By: Thompson, Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 2294       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.