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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an investigation unit within the Health and Human |
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Services Commission for certain illegally operating child-care |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.0084 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0084. INVESTIGATION UNIT FOR ILLEGALLY OPERATING |
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CHILD-CARE FACILITIES. The executive commissioner shall maintain a |
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unit within the child-care licensing division of the commission |
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consisting of investigators whose primary responsibility is to: |
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(1) identify child-care facilities that are operating |
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without a license, certification, registration, or listing |
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required by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; and |
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(2) initiate appropriate enforcement actions against |
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those facilities. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as possible after the effective date of |
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this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall establish the investigation unit |
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required by Section 531.0084, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |