88R11003 MLH-D
By: Blanco S.B. No. 1327
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing a day-care center to employ an interim
director.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.04201 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.04201. INTERIM DIRECTOR. (a) If a candidate to
serve as the director of a licensed day-care center meets all the
qualifications for a director prescribed by department rules except
for the education requirements, the candidate may serve as interim
director of the day-care center for not longer than 12 months while
the candidate completes the requisite education.
(b) If the interim director completes the education
requirements prescribed by the department before the end of the
12th month after the date the person began serving as interim
director, the interim director may become the director of the
licensed day-care center.
(c) If the interim director fails to complete the education
requirements prescribed by the department before the end of the
12th month after the date the person began serving as interim
director, the licensed day-care center shall employ a new director.
SECTION 2. Section 42.0761(a), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An owner or operator of a day-care center commits an
offense if the owner or operator knowingly operates the day-care
center:
(1) without a director who meets the qualifications
of a director prescribed by department rules or an interim director
under Section 42.04201; or
(2) without the routine presence during the day-care
center's hours of operation of a director described by Subdivision
(1).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.