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Senate passes bill creating Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to reduce regulatory overlap among childcare agencies

3511832 · May 25, 2025
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Summary

The Senate approved House Bill 49 03 to create the Quad Agency Child Care Initiative, a cross‑agency commission to identify and resolve duplicative or conflicting childcare regulations across TWC, HHSC, DFPS and TEA.

Senator Birdwell moved and the Senate adopted House Bill 49 03 to create the Quad Agency Child Care Initiative, a collaborative structure intended to reduce duplicative regulation across the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), and the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Senator Birdwell said the quad agency is not a new state agency but an interagency effort chaired by TWC and…

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