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Texas Labor Code - LAB § 313.001. Definitions

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

In this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(2) “Relative child care” means child care that is:

(A) funded wholly or partly from money received under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 9858 et seq.); and

(B) provided by a provider who:

(i) is at least 18 years of age;

(ii) complies with any federal or state requirements regarding subsidized child care that apply to the provider;

(iii) provides child-care services for less than 24 hours a day to a child who is, by marriage, blood relationship, or court decree:

(a) the grandchild of the provider;

(b) the great-grandchild of the provider;

(c) the sibling of the provider, and the child resides in a separate residence from the provider; or

(d) the niece or nephew of the provider; and

(iv) operates a listed family home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that provides care for one or more children related to the provider and does not hold any other license or permit to provide child care under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code.

(3) “Teen parent” means an individual 18 years of age or younger, or 19 years of age and fully enrolled in a secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma, who is the parent of a child.

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