Bill Text: TX HB3659 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to liability insurance requirements for certain child-care providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB3659 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3659-Introduced.html
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By: Turner of Tarrant | H.B. No. 3659 |
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relating to liability insurance requirements for certain | ||
child-care providers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 42.049(a), (b), (d), and (e), Human | ||
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A child-care provider [ |
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liability insurance coverage in the amount of $300,000 for each | ||
occurrence of negligence. An insurance policy or contract required | ||
under this section must cover injury to a child that occurs while | ||
the child is on the premises of the child-care provider [ |
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(b) A child-care provider [ |
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the department a certificate or other evidence from an insurance | ||
company showing that the child-care provider [ |
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an unexpired and uncancelled insurance policy or contract that | ||
meets the requirements of this section. | ||
(d) The insurance policy or contract shall be maintained at | ||
all times in an amount as required by this section. Failure by a | ||
child-care provider [ |
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contract or to maintain the policy or contract in the required | ||
amount is a ground for suspension or revocation of the child-care | ||
provider's [ |
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under this chapter. | ||
(e) In this [ |
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holder of a license issued under this chapter or an operator of | ||
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family home. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.049(c), Human Resources Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. A group day-care home and a listed or registered | ||
family home must, not later than January 1, 2020, file with the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services a certificate or other | ||
evidence from an insurance company showing that the group day-care | ||
home or listed or registered family home has an unexpired and | ||
uncancelled insurance policy or contract that meets the | ||
requirements of Section 42.049, Human Resources Code, as amended by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |