84R7269 YDB-D
By: Burkett H.B. No. 1180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishment of a child-care facility database on the
Department of Family and Protective Services' Internet website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.025. SEARCHABLE CHILD-CARE FACILITY DATABASE. (a)
The department shall establish on the department's Internet website
a searchable database that allows an individual who is seeking
child-care facility information to obtain information on the
child-care facilities and residential child-care facilities
licensed under this chapter and the family homes registered under
this chapter. To assist the individual in making an informed
decision when selecting child care, the database must allow
searches to be made by a facility's or home's name, operation type,
and location and by the ages of children served at the facility or
home.
(b) For each child-care facility and residential child-care
facility licensed under this chapter and each family home
registered under this chapter, the database must include:
(1) summary information for at least the five
preceding years, if available, on:
(A) the facility's or home's compliance with
minimum standards required under this chapter and department rule;
(B) department inspection results for the
facility or home; and
(C) disciplinary actions imposed on the facility
or home, including corrective or adverse actions, temporary
closures, conditions on license or registration, or suspension or
revocation of license or registration; and
(2) for a facility or home that previously had a
license or registration suspended or revoked under this chapter, a
permanent notation indicating the suspension or revocation and the
year in which suspension or revocation was imposed.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 30, 2015, the
Department of Family and Protective Services shall establish the
database on its Internet website as required by Section 42.025,
Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.