Bill Text: TX HB3192 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to standards for expulsion policies of certain child-care facilities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-09 - No action taken in committee [HB3192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3192-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 3192 | |
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| relating to standards for expulsion policies of certain child-care | ||
| facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 42.0429 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 42.0429. POLICY ON EXPULSION. (a) Each day-care | ||
| center, group day-care home, and listed or registered family home | ||
| shall review the facility's policies to determine whether the | ||
| facility has adopted a policy that addresses procedures for | ||
| suspending or expelling a child from the facility. | ||
| (b) If a facility described by Subsection (a) has not | ||
| adopted an expulsion policy, the facility shall consider adopting a | ||
| policy that describes the procedures the facility must follow | ||
| before the facility may suspend or expel a child from the facility | ||
| and that includes: | ||
| (1) the procedures facility teachers and other | ||
| personnel must follow when providing care to a child with | ||
| behavioral issues; | ||
| (2) the communications facility personnel must have | ||
| with the child's family and caregivers; and | ||
| (3) any referrals facility personnel may make to | ||
| behavioral health specialists who may be available to address the | ||
| child's behavioral issues. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
