86R11375 MCK-D
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 3192
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards for expulsion policies of certain child-care
facilities.
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 42.0429 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0429. POLICY ON EXPULSION. (a) Each day-care
center, group day-care home, and listed or registered family home
shall review the facility's policies to determine whether the
facility has adopted a policy that addresses procedures for
suspending or expelling a child from the facility.
(b) If a facility described by Subsection (a) has not
adopted an expulsion policy, the facility shall consider adopting a
policy that describes the procedures the facility must follow
before the facility may suspend or expel a child from the facility
and that includes:
(1) the procedures facility teachers and other
personnel must follow when providing care to a child with
behavioral issues;
(2) the communications facility personnel must have
with the child's family and caregivers; and
(3) any referrals facility personnel may make to
behavioral health specialists who may be available to address the
child's behavioral issues.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.