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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

Senate Bill 706

Senate Author:  Watson

Effective:  9-1-19

House Sponsor:  Guerra


            Senate Bill 706 amends the Government Code to require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to maintain a unit within the child‑care licensing division of HHSC consisting of investigators whose primary responsibility is to identify child‑care facilities that are operating without the required license, certification, registration, or listing and to initiate appropriate enforcement actions against those facilities.