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| 1 | 1 | 86R14056 MCK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Anchia H.B. No. 4141 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the licensing of certain child-care facilities that | |
| 8 | 8 | detain certain children. | |
| 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 42.0539 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 42.0539. RESIDENTIAL DETENTION FACILITIES. | |
| 13 | 13 | Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) license each child-care facility, that is operated | |
| 15 | 15 | by or under a contract with United States Immigration and Customs | |
| 16 | 16 | Enforcement or the United States Department of Health and Human | |
| 17 | 17 | Services to enforce federal immigration laws and that detains | |
| 18 | 18 | unaccompanied children, in the same manner as the commission | |
| 19 | 19 | licenses a residential child-care facility under this chapter; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) require the facility to comply with the same | |
| 21 | 21 | requirements, including minimum standards, applicable to a | |
| 22 | 22 | residential child-care facility. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. A child-care facility subject to Section | |
| 24 | 24 | 42.0539, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, must obtain the | |
| 25 | 25 | required license not later than December 1, 2019. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |