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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing of certain child-care facilities that |
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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 42.0539 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0539. RESIDENTIAL DETENTION FACILITIES. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall: |
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(1) license each child-care facility, that is operated |
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by or under a contract with United States Immigration and Customs |
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Enforcement or the United States Department of Health and Human |
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Services to enforce federal immigration laws and that detains |
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unaccompanied children, in the same manner as the commission |
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licenses a residential child-care facility under this chapter; and |
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(2) require the facility to comply with the same |
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requirements, including minimum standards, applicable to a |
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residential child-care facility. |
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SECTION 2. A child-care facility subject to Section |
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42.0539, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, must obtain the |
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required license not later than December 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |