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| 1 | 1 | 86R11375 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 3192 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to standards for expulsion policies of certain child-care | |
| 8 | 8 | facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 42.0429 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 42.0429. POLICY ON EXPULSION. (a) Each day-care | |
| 13 | 13 | center, group day-care home, and listed or registered family home | |
| 14 | 14 | shall review the facility's policies to determine whether the | |
| 15 | 15 | facility has adopted a policy that addresses procedures for | |
| 16 | 16 | suspending or expelling a child from the facility. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) If a facility described by Subsection (a) has not | |
| 18 | 18 | adopted an expulsion policy, the facility shall consider adopting a | |
| 19 | 19 | policy that describes the procedures the facility must follow | |
| 20 | 20 | before the facility may suspend or expel a child from the facility | |
| 21 | 21 | and that includes: | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) the procedures facility teachers and other | |
| 23 | 23 | personnel must follow when providing care to a child with | |
| 24 | 24 | behavioral issues; | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) the communications facility personnel must have | |
| 26 | 26 | with the child's family and caregivers; and | |
| 27 | 27 | (3) any referrals facility personnel may make to | |
| 28 | 28 | behavioral health specialists who may be available to address the | |
| 29 | 29 | child's behavioral issues. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |