The commission must keep a searchable online database of certain child-care facilities and include specified facility and ownership details.
Sec. 42.025. SEARCHABLE DATABASE. (a) The commission shall permanently maintain on the commission's Internet website a searchable database that lists each group day-care home and family home licensed, registered, or listed under this chapter: (1) that previously had a license, registration, or listing under this chapter involuntarily suspended or revoked; or (2) for which the commission refused to renew a license, registration, or listing. (b) The database maintained under Subsection (a) must include for each group day-care home and licensed or registered family home: (1) the name of the facility; (2) the address of the facility, including the county in which the facility is located; (3) any identification number associated with the facility; (4) the name of the sole proprietor or each partner who owns the child-care operation or, if the owner is a business entity, the name of each officer responsible for the management of the child-care operation as determined by the commissioner; and (5) the year in which: (A) the involuntary suspension or revocation of the facility's license, registration, or listing took effect or was final under this chapter; or (B) the commission refused to renew the facility's license, registration, or listing. (c) The commission shall include the name of each individual described by Subsection (b)(4) who is associated with the license, registration, or listing in any database entry made under this section. (d) The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 158 (H.B. 1180), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 547 (S.B. 225), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.