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House Bill 2070 |
House Author: Thompson, Senfronia et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Rodríguez |
House Bill 2070 amends provisions of the Human Resources Code governing facilities, homes, and agencies regulated by the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) that provide child-care services. The bill provides for a waiver of the notice and hearing requirements for a general residential operation providing comprehensive residential services to children who are victims of trafficking. The bill removes certain statutorily set amounts of licensing fees and annual fees for facilities, homes, and agencies that provide child-care services and instead requires the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to set those fees. The bill requires the executive commissioner by rule to adopt a general enforcement policy describing DFPS's approach to enforcing provisions governing facilities, homes, and agencies that provide child-care services, including a methodology for determining appropriate disciplinary action. The bill revises the circumstances under which DFPS is authorized to impose an administrative penalty against a license holder without first imposing a nonmonetary administrative sanction and provides for the issuance of a cease and desist order relating to the activities of a person who is not properly licensed, certified, registered, or listed.