Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2177 Compare Versions

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1	1		86R20239 MCK-D
2	2		By: Miller H.B. No. 2177
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2177:
	4	+	By: Klick C.S.H.B. No. 2177
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to license terms and fees and registration and listing
8	10		fees for certain child-care facilities.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 42.048(f), Human Resources Code, is
11	13		amended to read as follows:
12	14		(f) A license must be issued if the commission [department]
13	15		determines that a facility meets all requirements. The evaluation
14	16		shall be based on one or more visits to the facility and a review of
15	17		required forms and records. A license is valid until [the license
16	18		expires, is] revoked[,] or [is] surrendered.
17	19		SECTION 2. Sections 42.054(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e),
18	20		Human Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
19	21		(a) The commission [department] shall charge an applicant a
20	22		nonrefundable application fee in the amount of $35 for an initial
21	23		license to operate a child-care facility, a child-placing agency,
22	24		or a continuum-of-care residential operation.
23	25		(b) The commission [department] shall charge each
24	26		child-care facility a fee in the amount of $35 for an initial
25	27		license. The commission [department] shall charge each
26	28		child-placing agency and continuum-of-care residential operation a
27	29		fee in the amount of $50 for an initial license.
28	30		(c) The commission [department] shall charge each licensed
29	31		child-care facility an annual license fee in an amount equal to $35
30	32		plus $1 multiplied by the maximum number of children for whom the
31	33		child-care facility is authorized to provide care. The fee is due
32	34		on the date on which the commission [department] issues the
33	35		child-care facility's initial license and on the anniversary of
34	36		that date.
35	37		(d) The commission [department] shall charge each licensed
36	38		child-placing agency and continuum-of-care residential operation
37	39		an annual license fee in the amount of $100. The fee is due on the
38	40		date on which the commission [department] issues the initial
39	41		license to the child-placing agency or continuum-of-care
40	42		residential operation and on the anniversary of that date.
41	43		(e) The commission [department] shall charge each family
42	44		home that is listed or registered with the commission [department]
43	45		an annual fee to cover a part of the commission's cost in regulating
44	46		family homes. The amount of the fee is $20 for a listed home or $35
45	47		for a registered home. The fee is due on the date on which the
46	48		commission [department] initially lists or registers the home and
47	49		on the anniversary of that date.
48	50		SECTION 3. Sections 42.050 and 42.054(h), Human Resources
49	51		Code, are repealed.
50	52		SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
51	53		an application fee paid or license fee or registration and listing
52	54		fee due on or after the effective date of this Act. An application
53	55		fee paid or license fee or registration and listing fee due before
54	56		that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the fee was
55	57		paid or due, as applicable, and that law is continued in effect for
56	58		that purpose.
57	59		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.