H.B. No. 4170
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to enforcement actions taken against a child-care or
  child-placing agency administrator's license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 43.010(a), (b), and (d), Human
  Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission [department] may deny, revoke, suspend,
  or refuse to renew a license, or place on probation or reprimand a
  license holder for:
               (1)  violating this chapter or a rule adopted under
  this chapter;
               (2)  circumventing or attempting to circumvent the
  requirements of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;
               (3)  engaging in fraud or deceit related to the
  requirements of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;
               (4)  providing false or misleading information to the
  commission [department] during the license application or renewal
  process for any person's license;
               (5)  making a statement about a material fact during
  the license application or renewal process that the person knows or
  should know is false;
               (6)  having:
                     (A)  a criminal history or central registry record
  that would prohibit a person from working in a child-care facility,
  as defined by Section 42.002, under rules applicable to that type of
  facility; or
                     (B)  a criminal history relevant to the duties of
  a licensed child-care or child-placing administrator, as those
  duties are specified in rules adopted by the executive
  commissioner;
               (7)  using drugs or alcohol in a manner that
  jeopardizes the person's ability to function as an administrator;
               (8)  performing duties as a child-care administrator in
  a negligent manner; or
               (9)  engaging in conduct that makes the license holder
  ineligible for:
                     (A)  a license, listing, registration, or
  certification of approval [permit] under Section 42.072; or
                     (B)  employment as a controlling person or service
  in that capacity in a facility or family home under Section 42.062.
         (b)  A person whose license is revoked or refused renewal by
  the commission under Subsection (a) is not eligible to apply for
  another license under this chapter for a period of five years after
  the date the commission revoked the license [was revoked] or
  refused to renew the license.
         (d)  If a license holder is placed on probation, the
  commission [department] may require the license holder:
               (1)  to report regularly to the commission [department]
  on the conditions of the probation;
               (2)  to limit practice to the areas prescribed by the
  commission [department]; or
               (3)  to continue or renew professional education until
  the practitioner attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the
  commission [department] in those areas in which improvement is a
  condition of the probation.
         SECTION 2.  Section 43.011, Human Resources Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  43.010(b), Human Resources Code, applies only to a person whose
  license is refused renewal by the Health and Human Services
  Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A person
  whose license is refused renewal by the Health and Human Services
  Commission before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law in effect on the date the Health and Human Services Commission
  refused to renew the license, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4170 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 11, 3 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4170 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor