86R7059 SCL-D
By: White H.B. No. 941
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a child-care facility database on the Health and Human
Services Commission's Internet website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.026. SEARCHABLE CHILD-CARE FACILITY DATABASE. (a)
The commission shall establish on the commission's Internet website
a searchable database that allows an individual to obtain
information on the child-care facilities and residential
child-care facilities licensed under this chapter and the family
homes registered or listed under this chapter. To assist the
individual in making an informed decision when selecting child
care, the database must be easily accessible and allow a person to
search the database by facility or home name, operation type, and
location and by the ages of children served at the facility or home.
(b) For each child-care facility and residential child-care
facility licensed under this chapter and each family home
registered or listed under this chapter, the database must include:
(1) information on whether the facility or home has
sufficient liability insurance coverage for the number of children
the facility or home is authorized to serve under its license or
registration;
(2) information on whether the facility or home has
surveillance cameras that provide adequate observation of
caregiver and child activity;
(3) the caregiver-to-child ratio and the date this
ratio was last measured by the commission;
(4) a link to commission investigative reports on the
commission's Internet website; and
(5) information on whether all facility or home
personnel have undergone criminal history record checks and the
date the commission verified compliance with required checks.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 30, 2019, the Health and
Human Services Commission shall establish the database on its
Internet website as required by Section 42.026, Human Resources
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.