86R11906 EAS-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 3659
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to liability insurance requirements for certain
child-care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 42.049(a), (b), (d), and (e), Human
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A child-care provider [license holder] shall maintain
liability insurance coverage in the amount of $300,000 for each
occurrence of negligence. An insurance policy or contract required
under this section must cover injury to a child that occurs while
the child is on the premises of the child-care provider [license
holder] or in the care of the child-care provider [license holder].
(b) A child-care provider [license holder] shall file with
the department a certificate or other evidence from an insurance
company showing that the child-care provider [license holder] has
an unexpired and uncancelled insurance policy or contract that
meets the requirements of this section.
(d) The insurance policy or contract shall be maintained at
all times in an amount as required by this section. Failure by a
child-care provider [license holder] to renew the policy or
contract or to maintain the policy or contract in the required
amount is a ground for suspension or revocation of the child-care
provider's [license holder's] license, listing, or registration
under this chapter.
(e) In this [This] section, "child-care provider" means the
holder of a license issued under this chapter or an operator of
[does not apply to a group day-care home or] a listed or registered
family home.
SECTION 2. Section 42.049(c), Human Resources Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. A group day-care home and a listed or registered
family home must, not later than January 1, 2020, file with the
Department of Family and Protective Services a certificate or other
evidence from an insurance company showing that the group day-care
home or listed or registered family home has an unexpired and
uncancelled insurance policy or contract that meets the
requirements of Section 42.049, Human Resources Code, as amended by
this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.