Amend SB 68 (House Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the recital for that section (page 1, line 7), strike "(7)," and substitute "(4), (7),".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 42.002,
Human Resources Code (page 1, between lines 8 and 9), insert the
following:
(4) "General residential operation [Child-care
institution]" means a child-care facility that provides care for
more than 12 children for 24 hours a day, including facilities known
as children's homes, halfway houses, residential treatment
centers, emergency shelters, and therapeutic camps.
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 42.002(19),
Human Resources Code (page 2, lines 7 and 8), strike "child-care
institutions" and substitute "general residential operations
[child-care institutions]".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in the recital for that section
(page 2, lines 25 and 26), strike "Subsection (b), Section 42.041,
Human Resources Code, is" and substitute "Subsections (b) and (c),
Section 42.041, Human Resources Code, are".
(5) In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately following amended
Section 42.041(b), Human Resources Code (page 8, between lines 24
and 25), insert the following:
(c) A single license that lists addresses and the
appropriate facilities may be issued to a general residential
operation [child-care institution] that operates noncontiguous
facilities that are across the street from, in the same city block
as, or on the same property as one another and that are demonstrably
a single operation as indicated by patterns of staffing, finance,
administrative supervision, and programs.
(6) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in the recital for that section
(page 8, line 26) as amended by Committee Amendment No. 1, strike
"(g)" and substitute "(f), (g),".
(7) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 42.042,
Human Resources Code, as amended by Committee Amendment Nos. 1 and
2, immediately after the recital (page 8, after line 27), insert the
following:
(f) In promulgating minimum standards for the provision of
child-care services, the department shall recognize the various
categories of services, including services for specialized care,
the various categories of children and their particular needs, and
the differences in the organization and operation of child-care
facilities and general residential operations [institutions].
Standards for general residential operations [child-care
institutions] must require an intake study before a child is placed
in an operation [institution]. The intake study may be conducted at
a community mental health and mental retardation center.
(8) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in amended Section 42.042(g),
Human Resources Code (page 9, lines 5 and 6), strike "child-care
institutions" and substitute "general residential operations
[child-care institutions]".
(9) In SECTION 7 of the bill, in amended Section 42.0461(a),
Human Resources Code (page 11, lines 19 and 20) strike "child care
institution" and substitute "general residential operation [child
care institution]".
(10) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 42, Human Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 42.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.003. REFERENCE TO CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION. A
reference in law to a "child-care institution" means a general
residential operation.
SECTION ____. Section 42.0422, Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0422. RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION. A person providing
services to a resident of a general residential operation
[child-care institution], including a state-operated facility that
is a residential treatment center or a general residential
operation [child-care institution] serving children with mental
retardation, shall comply with Chapter 322, Health and Safety Code,
and the rules adopted under that chapter.
SECTION ____. Section 42.063(d), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) An employee or volunteer of a general residential
operation [child-care institution], child-placing agency, foster
home, or foster group home shall report any serious incident
directly to the department if the incident involves a child under
the care of the operation [institution], agency, or home.