89R22863 DNC-F
By: Hickland H.B. No. 3597
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3597:
By: Hull C.S.H.B. No. 3597
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for
or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.0461(a), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Before the commission [department] may issue a license
or certificate for the operation or the expansion of the capacity of
a general residential operation, a cottage home operation, or a
continuum-of-care residential operation that is located in a county
with a population of less than 500,000 [300,000], the applicant for
the license, certificate, or expansion shall, at the applicant's
expense:
(1) conduct a public hearing on the application in
accordance with commission [department] rules after notifying the
commission [department] of the date, time, and location of the
hearing; and
(2) publish notice of the application in a newspaper
of general circulation in the community in which the child-care
services are proposed to be provided.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.