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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to license terms and fees and registration and listing |
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fees for certain child-care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.048(f), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) A license must be issued if the department determines |
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that a facility meets all requirements. The evaluation shall be |
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based on one or more visits to the facility and a review of required |
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forms and records. A license is valid until [the license expires,
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is] revoked[,] or [is] surrendered. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 42.054(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), |
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Human Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall charge an applicant a |
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nonrefundable application fee in the amount of $35 for an initial |
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license to operate a child-care facility, a child-placing agency, |
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or a continuum-of-care residential operation. |
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(b) The department shall charge each child-care facility a |
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fee in the amount of $35 for an initial license. The department |
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shall charge each child-placing agency and continuum-of-care |
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residential operation a fee in the amount of $50 for an initial |
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license. |
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(c) The department shall charge each licensed child-care |
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facility an annual license fee in an amount equal to $35 plus $1 |
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multiplied by the maximum number of children for whom the |
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child-care facility is authorized to provide care. The fee is due |
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on the date on which the department issues the child-care |
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facility's initial license and on the anniversary of that date. |
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(d) The department shall charge each licensed child-placing |
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agency and continuum-of-care residential operation an annual |
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license fee in the amount of $100. The fee is due on the date on |
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which the department issues the initial license to the |
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child-placing agency or continuum-of-care residential operation |
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and on the anniversary of that date. |
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(e) The department shall charge each family home that is |
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listed or registered with the department an annual fee to cover a |
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part of the department's cost in regulating family homes. The |
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amount of the fee is $20 for a listed home or $35 for a registered |
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home. The fee is due on the date on which the department initially |
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lists or registers the home and on the anniversary of that date. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 42.050 and 42.054(h), Human Resources |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application fee paid or license fee or registration and listing |
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fee due on or after the effective date of this Act. An application |
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fee paid or license fee or registration and listing fee due before |
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that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the fee was |
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paid or due, as applicable, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |