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| 1 | + | 89R12383 DNC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hickland H.B. No. 3597 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3597: | |
| 4 | - | By: Hull C.S.H.B. No. 3597 | |
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| 9 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 9 | relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for | |
| 12 | 10 | or expanding certain residential child-care facilities. | |
| 13 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 42.0461(a), Human Resources Code, is | |
| 15 | 13 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 16 | - | (a) Before the | |
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| 14 | + | (a) Before the department may issue a license or certificate | |
| 15 | + | for the operation or the expansion of the capacity of a general | |
| 16 | + | residential operation, a cottage home operation, or a | |
| 19 | 17 | continuum-of-care residential operation that is located in a county | |
| 20 | 18 | with a population of less than 500,000 [300,000], the applicant for | |
| 21 | 19 | the license, certificate, or expansion shall, at the applicant's | |
| 22 | 20 | expense: | |
| 23 | 21 | (1) conduct a public hearing on the application in | |
| 24 | - | accordance with commission [department] rules after notifying the | |
| 25 | - | commission [department] of the date, time, and location of the | |
| 26 | - | hearing; and | |
| 22 | + | accordance with department rules after notifying the department of | |
| 23 | + | the date, time, and location of the hearing; and | |
| 27 | 24 | (2) publish notice of the application in a newspaper | |
| 28 | 25 | of general circulation in the community in which the child-care | |
| 29 | 26 | services are proposed to be provided. | |
| 30 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |