Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0523 · Subchapter C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES
LISTING OF RELATIVE CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A child-care provider who only provides child care under Chapter 313, Labor Code, to children related to the provider may list the provider's home as a family home.
(b) Before the department may list a child-care provider's home under this section, in addition to conducting the background or criminal history check required under Section 42.056, the department must search the central database of sex offender registration records maintained by the Department of Public Safety under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, to determine whether the provider is listed in the registry as a sex offender.
(c) The address of a family home listed under this section is the address of the child-care provider's home, regardless of whether the child care is provided in the provider's home or in the child's home.
(d) A relative child-care provider's home listed as a family home under this section is exempt from the health and safety requirements of 45 C.F.R. Section 98.41(a).
(e) The following requirements do not apply to a family home listed under this section:
(1) the minimum standards adopted under Section 42.042; and
(2) the liability insurance requirement under Section 42.0495.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (S.B. 76), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 857 (S.B. 1496), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2016.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 589 (S.B. 569), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
Human Resources Code
- Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.042RULES AND STANDARDS.Printed as Section 42.042
- Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0495LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIRED FOR LISTED FAMILY HOMES.Printed as Section 42.0495
- Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.056REQUIRED BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS; CRIMINAL PENALTIES.Printed as Section 42.056
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