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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum standards for licensed child-care |
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facilities and registered family homes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.042(e), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The department shall promulgate minimum standards that |
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apply to licensed child-care facilities and to registered family |
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homes covered by this chapter and that will: |
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(1) promote the health, safety, and welfare of |
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children attending a facility or registered family home; |
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(2) promote safe, comfortable, and healthy physical |
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facilities and registered family homes for children; |
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(3) ensure adequate supervision of children by |
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capable, qualified, and healthy personnel; |
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(4) ensure adequate and healthy food service where |
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food service is offered; |
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(5) prohibit racial discrimination by child-care |
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facilities and registered family homes; |
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(6) require procedures for parental and guardian |
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consultation in the formulation of children's educational and |
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therapeutic programs; [and] |
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(7) prevent the breakdown of foster care and adoptive |
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placement; and |
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(8) ensure that a child-care facility or registered |
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family home follows the directions of a child's physician or other |
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health care provider in providing specialized medical assistance |
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required by the child. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |