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| 7 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 7 | | relating to the licensing and regulation of certain residential |
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| 10 | 8 | | educational child-care facilities serving victims of human |
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| 11 | 9 | | trafficking. |
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| 12 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.041, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 12 | | by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 13 | | (h) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(7), a residential |
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| 16 | 14 | | educational facility that is accredited by an accreditation body |
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| 17 | 15 | | that is a member of the Texas Private School Accreditation |
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| 18 | 16 | | Commission and operates primarily for educational purposes for |
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| 19 | 17 | | prekindergarten and above shall comply with the licensing |
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| 20 | 18 | | requirements of Subsection (a) and all department rules and minimum |
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| 21 | 19 | | standards applicable to general residential operations that |
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| 22 | 20 | | provide services to persons who are victims of human trafficking |
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| 23 | 21 | | under Section 20A.02, Penal Code, if: |
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| 24 | 22 | | (1) at any point during the academic year more than |
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| 25 | 23 | | either 25 children at the facility or 30 percent of the children at |
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| 26 | 24 | | the facility are victims of human trafficking; and |
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| 27 | 25 | | (2) the facility provides or intends to provide |
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| 28 | 26 | | specialized services designed to treat and support trafficking |
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| 29 | 27 | | victims in addition to providing basic child care services. |
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| 30 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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