| 1 | 1 | | 86R11280 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Minjarez H.B. No. 3740 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the licensing of and requirements for certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | child-care facilities that detain certain children. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 42.0415 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 42.0415. STANDARD LICENSE REQUIREMENTS; WAIVER |
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| 13 | 13 | | PROHIBITED. (a) The commission shall issue or renew a license of a |
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| 14 | 14 | | child-care facility that is operated by or under a contract with |
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| 15 | 15 | | United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce |
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| 16 | 16 | | federal immigration laws and that detains children, in the same |
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| 17 | 17 | | manner and subject to the same requirements as the commission |
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| 18 | 18 | | issues or renews a license for any other child-care facility under |
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| 19 | 19 | | this chapter. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The commission may not waive any licensing requirement, |
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| 21 | 21 | | including minimum standards, for a child-care facility described by |
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| 22 | 22 | | Subsection (a). |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.0415, Human Resources Code, as added |
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| 24 | 24 | | by this Act, applies only to a license issued or renewed on or after |
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| 25 | 25 | | the effective date of this Act. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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