Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 44.035. Contracts

(a) The executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission may contract for services authorized under this subchapter with an individual, organization, association, or corporation meeting the standards established under Section 44.034 and the standards for child-care facilities licensed by the department.

(b) The fees paid to the center under the contract may not exceed the amount it would cost the state to provide the same services.

(c) The executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission shall terminate a contract with a day-care center that fails to maintain the department's standards.

(d) When the executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission intends to cancel a contract with a day-care center, the executive director shall give the center reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing if one is requested. The Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt rules consistent with Chapter 2001, Government Code, to implement this section. Hearings under this section are contested cases under that chapter.