86R7203 MCK-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 1431
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an investigation unit within the Health and Human
Services Commission for certain unlicensed child-care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.0084 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0084. INVESTIGATION UNIT FOR UNLICENSED
CHILD-CARE FACILITIES. The executive commissioner shall maintain a
unit within the child-care licensing division of the commission
consisting of investigators whose primary responsibilities are to
identify unlicensed child-care facilities and to initiate
appropriate enforcement actions against those facilities.
SECTION 2. As soon as possible after the effective date of
this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall establish the investigation unit
required by Section 531.0084, Government Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.