Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3741 amends the Human Resources Code to require the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to consider staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, or square footage requirements when determining minimum standards for nonresidential child-care facilities that provide care for less than 24 hours a day. The act requires a child-placing agency to transfer files and records concerning adopted children, their biological families, and their adoptive families to the Bureau of Vital Statistics or to a facility licensed by the department to place children for adoption after giving notice to the Bureau of Vital Statistics.