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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a child-care facility database on the Health and Human |
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Services Commission's Internet website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.026. SEARCHABLE CHILD-CARE FACILITY DATABASE. (a) |
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The commission shall establish on the commission's Internet website |
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a searchable database that allows an individual to obtain |
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information on the child-care facilities and residential |
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child-care facilities licensed under this chapter and the family |
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homes registered or listed under this chapter. To assist the |
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individual in making an informed decision when selecting child |
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care, the database must be easily accessible and allow a person to |
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search the database by facility or home name, operation type, and |
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location and by the ages of children served at the facility or home. |
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(b) For each child-care facility and residential child-care |
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facility licensed under this chapter and each family home |
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registered or listed under this chapter, the database must include: |
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(1) information on whether the facility or home has |
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sufficient liability insurance coverage for the number of children |
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the facility or home is authorized to serve under its license or |
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registration; |
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(2) information on whether the facility or home has |
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surveillance cameras that provide adequate observation of |
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caregiver and child activity; |
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(3) the caregiver-to-child ratio and the date this |
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ratio was last measured by the commission; |
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(4) a link to commission investigative reports on the |
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commission's Internet website; and |
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(5) information on whether all facility or home |
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personnel have undergone criminal history record checks and the |
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date the commission verified compliance with required checks. |
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(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 30, 2019, the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall establish the database on its |
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Internet website as required by Section 42.026, Human Resources |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |