Sec. 310.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Member" means a member of the child-care resource and referral network that provides child-care resource and referral services in this state.

(2) "Network" means the child-care resource and referral network administered by a nonprofit public or private organization that contracts with the commission to provide child-care resource and referral services in this state.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1445, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Sec. 310.002. CHILD-CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK. (a) The commission, through funds allocated to the commission as the agency designated to administer the grant under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 9858 et seq.), as amended, and specifically appropriated to the commission for that purpose, shall:

(1) contract with a child-care resource and referral network to provide child-care resource and referral services in this state; and

(2) require the network to be administered in compliance with the requirements of the block grant program.

(b) The commission shall use a system of competitive procurement to award a contract to a child-care resource and referral network that has proven experience in providing child-care resource and referral services.

(c) To the extent funds from the block grant program are available for that purpose, the commission shall award the contract under this section in a manner that will allow for the provision of child-care resource and referral services throughout this state.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1445, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.