By: Watson S.B. No. 706
(Guerra)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an investigation unit within the Health and Human
Services Commission for certain illegally operating child-care
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.0084 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0084. INVESTIGATION UNIT FOR ILLEGALLY OPERATING
CHILD-CARE FACILITIES. The executive commissioner shall maintain a
unit within the child-care licensing division of the commission
consisting of investigators whose primary responsibility is to:
(1) identify child-care facilities that are operating
without a license, certification, registration, or listing
required by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; and
(2) initiate appropriate enforcement actions against
those facilities.
SECTION 2. As soon as possible after the effective date of
this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall establish the investigation unit
required by Section 531.0084, Government Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.