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By: Hickland (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) |
H.B. No. 3597 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2025; |
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May 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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Human Services; May 15, 2025, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for |
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or expanding certain residential child-care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.0461(a), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Before the commission [department] may issue a license |
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or certificate for the operation or the expansion of the capacity of |
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a general residential operation, a cottage home operation, or a |
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continuum-of-care residential operation that is located in a county |
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with a population of less than 500,000 [300,000], the applicant for |
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the license, certificate, or expansion shall, at the applicant's |
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expense: |
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(1) conduct a public hearing on the application in |
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accordance with commission [department] rules after notifying the |
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commission [department] of the date, time, and location of the |
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hearing; and |
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(2) publish notice of the application in a newspaper |
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of general circulation in the community in which the child-care |
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services are proposed to be provided. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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