By: Blanco S.B. No. 863

(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2021; March 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; March 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 22, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the temporary relocation of a residential child-care facility during a declared state of disaster.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 42.048, Human Resources Code, is amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-4) to read as follows:

(e) A license issued under this chapter is not transferable and applies only to the operator and facility location stated in the license application. Except as provided by Subsections (e-1), (e-2), [and] (e-3), and (e-4), a change in location or ownership automatically revokes a license.

(e-4) To the extent necessary to comply with a state or local order during a declared state of disaster under Chapter 418, Government Code, the commission may authorize a residential child-care facility to temporarily:

(1) relocate to a new location that is not stated in the facility's license application; or

(2) provide care to one or more children at an additional location that is not stated in the facility's license application.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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