Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0463 · Subchapter C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES
EXPANSION OF CAPACITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding the limitations established by Section 42.002, the department may:
(1) develop, by rule, criteria to determine when it may be appropriate to exclude children who are related to a caretaker in determining a residential child-care facility's total capacity; and
(2) issue an exception in accordance with department rules allowing an agency foster home, cottage family home, or specialized child-care home to expand its capacity and care for not more than eight children.
(b) The department may include children who are related to a caretaker when determining under Subsection (a)(1) whether a residential child-care facility complies with the standards relating to total capacity or child-to-caregiver ratios for the facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 59, eff. September 1, 2017.
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