LISTING OF RELATIVE CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS.
Tex. HUM. RES Code § 42.0523.
in effect(a) A child-care provider who only provides child care under Chapter 313 , Labor Code, to children related to the provider may list the provider's home as a family home.
(b) Before the department may list a child-care provider's home under this section, in addition to conducting the background or criminal history check required under Section 42.056 , the department must search the central database of sex offender registration records maintained by the Department of Public Safety under Chapter 62 , Code of Criminal Procedure, to determine whether the provider is listed in the registry as a sex offender.
(c) The address of a family home listed under this section is the address of the child-care provider's home, regardless of whether the child care is provided in the provider's home or in the child's home.
(d) A relative child-care provider's home listed as a family home under this section is exempt from the health and safety requirements of 45 C.F.R. Section 98.41(a).
(e) The following requirements do not apply to a family home listed under this section:
(1) the minimum standards adopted under Section 42.042 ; and
(2) the liability insurance requirement under Section 42.0495 .
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (S.B. 76 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.