86R2374 MCK-D
By: Bernal H.B. No. 1765
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards for certain child-care facilities that detain
unaccompanied children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.067 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.067. STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL DETENTION
FACILITIES. (a) This section applies only to a residential
child-care facility that:
(1) is operated by or under a contract with United
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal
immigration laws; and
(2) detains a child who is not accompanied by or in the
physical custody of a parent, guardian, or other adult family
member.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules that require a
residential child-care facility described by Subsection (a) to:
(1) allow each child described by Subsection (a)(2)
who is detained in the facility to:
(A) contact the child's parent, guardian, or
other adult family member at least two times each week by telephone,
video conference, or similar form of communication; and
(B) visit in person with the child's parent,
guardian, or other adult family member; and
(2) follow a protocol of trauma-informed care in
providing services to the child.
(c) If a child-care facility described by Subsection (a) is
located 30 miles or less from the facility in which a child's
parent, guardian, or other adult family member is detained, the
child-care facility shall exercise its best efforts to ensure the
child has in-person visits with the child's parent, guardian, or
other adult family member.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.