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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing of and requirements for certain |
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child-care facilities that detain certain children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.0415 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0415. STANDARD LICENSE REQUIREMENTS; WAIVER |
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PROHIBITED. (a) The commission shall issue or renew a license of a |
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child-care facility that is operated by or under a contract with |
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce |
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federal immigration laws and that detains children, in the same |
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manner and subject to the same requirements as the commission |
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issues or renews a license for any other child-care facility under |
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this chapter. |
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(b) The commission may not waive any licensing requirement, |
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including minimum standards, for a child-care facility described by |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.0415, Human Resources Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a license issued or renewed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |