TITLE: Relating to the rights of a parent with a child in a child-care facility.

SUMMARY: Relating to the rights of a parent with a child in a child-care facility.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the rights of a parent with a child in a child-care facility. 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 42.04271 to read as follows: Sec. 42.04271. RIGHTS OF PARENT WITH CHILD IN CHILD-CARE FACILITY. (a) A parent of a child at a child-care facility has the right to: (1) enter and inspect the child-care facility during the facility's hours of operation without advance notice; (2) file a complaint against the child-care facility; (3) review the child-care facility's public records; (4) review the commission's inspection reports for the child-care facility; (5) have the child-care facility comply with a court order preventing another parent from visiting or removing the parent's child; (6) be provided the name, address, and contact information for the commission's child care licensing division; (7) be notified of the name of any person associated with the child-care facility who has been convicted of a criminal offense, and the nature of the association; (8) inspect any video recordings of an alleged incident of abuse or neglect involving the parent's child; (9) obtain a copy of the child-care facility's: (A) policies and procedures handbook; and (B) staff training curriculum and records; and (10) be free from any retaliatory action by the child-care facility for exercising any of the parent's rights. (b) Not later than a child's first day at a child-care facility, the facility shall provide the parent or guardian of the child with a written copy of the rights listed in Subsection (a). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.