| 1 | 1 | | By: Parker, Button (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 2224 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2009; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 18, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 4 | 4 | | and Human Services; May 22, 2009, reported adversely, with |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 6 | 6 | | Nays 0; May 22, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2224 By: Nelson |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to the minimum standards for licensed child-care |
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| 13 | 13 | | facilities and registered family homes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as Paisley's Law. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.042(e), Human Resources Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (e) The department shall promulgate minimum standards that |
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| 19 | 19 | | apply to licensed child-care facilities and to registered family |
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| 20 | 20 | | homes covered by this chapter and that will: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) promote the health, safety, and welfare of |
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| 22 | 22 | | children attending a facility or registered family home; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) promote safe, comfortable, and healthy physical |
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| 24 | 24 | | facilities and registered family homes for children; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) ensure adequate supervision of children by |
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| 26 | 26 | | capable, qualified, and healthy personnel; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) ensure adequate and healthy food service where |
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| 28 | 28 | | food service is offered; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (5) prohibit racial discrimination by child-care |
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| 30 | 30 | | facilities and registered family homes; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (6) require procedures for parental and guardian |
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| 32 | 32 | | consultation in the formulation of children's educational and |
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| 33 | 33 | | therapeutic programs; [and] |
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| 34 | 34 | | (7) prevent the breakdown of foster care and adoptive |
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| 35 | 35 | | placement; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (8) ensure that a child-care facility or registered |
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| 37 | 37 | | family home follows the written directives from a child's physician |
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| 38 | 38 | | or other health care professional licensed under the Occupations |
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| 39 | 39 | | Code when providing specialized medical assistance required by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | child. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 42 | 42 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 43 | 43 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 46 | 46 | | * * * * * |
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