| 1 | 1 | | 86R7715 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Alvarado S.B. No. 798 |
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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 license renewal applications for certain family |
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| 8 | 8 | | residential centers. |
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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 42.0505 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 42.0505. DENIAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE |
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| 13 | 13 | | RENEWAL. (a) This section applies only to a child-care facility |
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| 14 | 14 | | licensed under this chapter that is a family residential center: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) operated by or under a contract with United States |
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| 16 | 16 | | Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration |
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| 17 | 17 | | laws; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) in which each child at the center is detained with |
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| 19 | 19 | | a parent or other adult family member who remains at the center; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) in which a parent or family member of a child |
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| 21 | 21 | | provides the direct care for the child except for specific |
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| 22 | 22 | | circumstances when the child is cared for directly by the center or |
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| 23 | 23 | | another adult in the custody of the center. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) The commission may deny an application for renewal of a |
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| 25 | 25 | | family residential center license if the license holder is under |
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| 26 | 26 | | investigation by a state agency of another state in the United |
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| 27 | 27 | | States. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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