86R11280 SCL-D
By: Minjarez H.B. No. 3740
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensing of and requirements for certain
child-care facilities that detain certain 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 42.0415 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0415. STANDARD LICENSE REQUIREMENTS; WAIVER
PROHIBITED. (a) The commission shall issue or renew a license of a
child-care facility that is operated by or under a contract with
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce
federal immigration laws and that detains children, in the same
manner and subject to the same requirements as the commission
issues or renews a license for any other child-care facility under
this chapter.
(b) The commission may not waive any licensing requirement,
including minimum standards, for a child-care facility described by
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 42.0415, Human Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a license issued or renewed on or after
the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.