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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to license renewal applications for certain family |
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residential centers. |
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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 42.0505 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0505. DENIAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE |
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RENEWAL. (a) This section applies only to a child-care facility |
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licensed under this chapter that is a family residential center: |
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(1) operated by or under a contract with United States |
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration |
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laws; |
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(2) in which each child at the center is detained with |
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a parent or other adult family member who remains at the center; and |
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(3) in which a parent or family member of a child |
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provides the direct care for the child except for specific |
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circumstances when the child is cared for directly by the center or |
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another adult in the custody of the center. |
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(b) The commission may deny an application for renewal of a |
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family residential center license if the license holder is under |
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investigation by a state agency of another state in the United |
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States. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |