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.