By: Villarreal H.B. No. 2491
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to liability insurance requirements applicable to certain
child-placing agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.049(e), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) This section does not apply to:
(1) a group day-care home or a listed or registered
family home; or
(2) a child-placing agency accredited by the Council
on Accreditation (COA) or the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.