86R2374 MCK-D
 
  By: Bernal H.B. No. 1765
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to standards for certain child-care facilities that detain
  unaccompanied children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 42.067 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.067.  STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL DETENTION
  FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a residential
  child-care facility that:
               (1)  is operated by or under a contract with United
  States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal
  immigration laws; and
               (2)  detains a child who is not accompanied by or in the
  physical custody of a parent, guardian, or other adult family
  member.
         (b)  The commission shall adopt rules that require a
  residential child-care facility described by Subsection (a) to:
               (1)  allow each child described by Subsection (a)(2)
  who is detained in the facility to:
                     (A)  contact the child's parent, guardian, or
  other adult family member at least two times each week by telephone,
  video conference, or similar form of communication; and
                     (B)  visit in person with the child's parent,
  guardian, or other adult family member; and
               (2)  follow a protocol of trauma-informed care in
  providing services to the child.
         (c)  If a child-care facility described by Subsection (a) is
  located 30 miles or less from the facility in which a child's
  parent, guardian, or other adult family member is detained, the
  child-care facility shall exercise its best efforts to ensure the
  child has in-person visits with the child's parent, guardian, or
  other adult family member.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.