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Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 42.048. Licensing

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<See Governor Proclamation No. 41-3822 dated May 31, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-13, 46 TexReg 3657) which suspends “Sections 42.046 and 42.048 of the Texas Human Resources Code, and all other relevant laws, to the extent necessary to allow HHSC to deny a license application for any new child-care facility that shelters or detains unlawful immigrants or other individuals not lawfully present in the United States under a contract with the federal government, to renew any existing such licenses for no longer than a 90-day period following the date of this order, and to provide notice and initiate a 90-day period beginning on the date of this order to wind down any existing such licenses”. Proclamation renewed: Proclamation No. 41-3845, June 25, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-14, 46 TexReg 4067);  Proclamation 41-3849, July 15, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-18, 46 TexReg 4527);  Proclamation 41-3850, July 30, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-19, 46 TexReg 4915);  Proclamation 41-3857, August 29, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-22, 46 TexReg 5656);  Proclamation 41-3862, September 28, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-26, 46 TexReg 6610);  Proclamation 41-3865, October 28, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-28, 46 TexReg 7845);  Proclamation 41-3868, November 27, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-30, 46 TexReg 8853);  Proclamation 41-3870, December 23, 2021 (2021 TX EO P21-32, 47 TexReg 5);  Proclamation 41-3880, Jan. 22, 2022 (2021 TX EO P21-32, 47 TexReg 381);  Proclamation 41-3886, Feb. 21, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-05, 47 TexReg 1138);  Proclamation 41-3893, March 23, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-13, 47 TexReg 1772);  Proclamation 41-3902, April 22, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-18, 47 TexReg 2613);  Proclamation 41-3904, May 22, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-21, 47 TexReg 3201);  Proclamation 41-3909, June 21, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-25, 47 TexReg 3767);  Proclamation 41-3917, July 21, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-32, 47 TexReg 4601);  Proclamation 41-3925, August 20, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-39, 47 TexReg 5178);  Proclamation 41-3930, September 19, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-45, 47 TexReg 6331);  Proclamation 41-3936, October 19, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-49, 47 TexReg 7381);  Proclamation 41-3940, October 19, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-53, 47 TexReg 8071);  Proclamation 41-3945, December 16, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-58, 47 TexReg 8803);  Proclamation 41-3948, December 21, 2022 (2021 TX EO P22-61, 47 TexReg 8804);  Proclamation 41-3954, January 20, 2023 (2021 TX EO P22-65, 48 TexReg 449);  Proclamation 41-3954, January 20, 2023 (2021 TX EO P22-65, 48 TexReg 449);  Proclamation 41-3961, Feb. 20, 2023 (2021 TX EO P22-71, 48 TexReg 1193);  Proclamation 41-3964, March 22, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-02, 48 TexReg 1790);  Proclamation 41-3967, April 21, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-06, 48 TexReg 2261);  Proclamation 41-3970, May 12, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-09, 48 TexReg 2645);  Proclamation 41-3978, June 11, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-14, 48 TexReg 3371);  Proclamation 41-3978, June 11, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-14, 48 TexReg 3371);  Proclamation 41-3986, June 29, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-18, 48 TexReg 3783);  Proclamation 41-3991, July 29, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-22, 48 TexReg 4333);  Proclamation 41-4070, August 22, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-25, 48 TexReg 4707);  Proclamation 41-40705, September 21, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-30, 48 TexReg 5791);  Proclamation 41-4079, October 22, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-33, 48 TexReg 6439);  Proclamation 41-4082, November 20, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-36, 48 TexReg 7105);  Proclamation 41-4087, Dec. 19, 2023 (2023 TX EO P23-37, 48 TexReg 8070);  Proclamation 41-4095, Jan. 18, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-01, 49 TexReg 456);  Proclamation 41-4097, Feb. 16, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-04, 49 TexReg 1165);  Proclamation 41-4099, March 17, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-05, 49 TexReg 2019); Proclamation 41-4104, April 16, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-10, 49 TexReg 2593); Proclamation 41-4111, May 16, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-16, 49 TexReg 3862); Proclamation 41-4119, June 15, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-24, 49 TexReg 4644);  Proclamation 41-4125 June 28, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-30, 49 TexReg 4978);  Proclamation 41-4130 July 28, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-35, 49 TexReg 5836);  Proclamation 41-4138 August 27, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-41, 49 TexReg 6860);  Proclamation 41-4142 Sept. 26, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-43, 49 TexReg 8256);  Proclamation 41-4148 Oct. 26, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-49, 49 TexReg 8796);  Proclamation 41-4154 Nov. 25, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-52, 49 TexReg 10090);  Proclamation 41-4158 Dec. 23, 2024 (2024 TX EO P24-57, 50 TexReg 227);  Proclamation 41-4165 Jan. 22, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-02, 50 TexReg 709);  Proclamation 41-4169, Feb. 21, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-06, 50 TexReg 1739);  Proclamation 41-4169, March 23, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-09, 50 TexReg 2291);  Proclamation 41-4177, April 22, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-11, 50 TexReg 2730);  Proclamation 41-4183, May 21, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-12, 50 TexReg 3291);  Proclamation 41-4185, June 21, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-13, 50 TexReg 3843);  Proclamation 41-4220, July 21, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-16, 50 TexReg 5023);  Proclamation 41-4226, August 20, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-19, 50 TexReg 5789);  Proclamation 41-4231, Sept. 19, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-21, 50 TexReg 6388);  Proclamation 41-4236, Oct. 19, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-24, 50 TexReg 7084);  Proclamation 41-4242, Nov. 18, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-27, 50 TexReg 7638); Proclamation 41-4247, Dec. 18, 2025 (2025 TX EO P25-33, 51 TexReg 7).>

(a) The commission shall issue a license after determining that an applicant has satisfied all requirements.

(a-1) The commission shall associate a license issued under this chapter for a group day-care home with the applicant's name as stated in the applicant's license application.

(b) When issuing a license, the commission may impose restrictions on a facility, including the number of children to be served and the type of children to be served.

(c) The commission may grant a variance of an individual standard set forth in the applicable standards for good and just cause.

(d) A license holder must display a license issued under this chapter in a prominent place at the facility.

(e) A license issued under this chapter is not transferable and applies only to the operator stated in the license application.  A change in ownership automatically revokes a license.

(e-1) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 547 (S.B. 225), § 9.

(e-2) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 547 (S.B. 225), § 9.

(e-3) A licensed child-care facility that changes location:

(1) must inform the commission regarding the new location before changing location;  and

(2) may not operate at the new location unless the commission approves the new location after the licensed child-care facility meets all requirements related to the new location.

(e-4) To the extent necessary to comply with a state or local order during a declared state of disaster under Chapter 418, Government Code, the commission may authorize a residential child-care facility to temporarily:

(1) relocate to a new location that is not stated in the facility's license application;  or

(2) provide care to one or more children at an additional location that is not stated in the facility's license application.

(f) A license must be issued if the commission determines that a facility meets all requirements.  The evaluation shall be based on one or more visits to the facility and a review of required forms and records.  A license is valid until the license expires, is revoked, or is surrendered.

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