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- Provider NewsJuly 22, 2022HHSC adopted rules in Chapter 745, Subchapter F, Background Checks. The rules are effective July 26.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJuly 8, 2022HHSC has adopted rules in Chapter 745 and Chapter 748 that are effective July 8, 2022.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJune 27, 2022The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price are alerting consumers to at least 13 reported deaths between 2009–2021 of infants in Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rockers and Newborn-to-Toddler Rockers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJune 17, 2022Early childhood educators who live and work in Texas are able to complete up to 20 clock hours of online training for free from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension's Promoting Early Education Quality program.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJune 10, 2022New child care rules for tummy time supervision in Child-Care Homes.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJune 7, 2022Reminder for CCR Providers to review their emergency preparedness plans.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsMay 20, 2022Public Comment Period for Care of Unlawfully Present Individuals in Licensed General Residential Operations
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsMay 19, 2022Child Care Regulation wants to remind everyone about water safety and the importance of supervising children.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Children, Safety
- Provider NewsMay 16, 2022HHSC has published proposed rule changes in the Texas Register for a Model Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention Policy.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsMay 6, 2022The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has extended the emergency rules (PDF) relating to Governor Abbott’s disaster proclamation issued May 31, 2021.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsApril 22, 2022Updates to minimum standards in Chapters 748 and 749 were recently adopted.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsApril 22, 2022Child Care Regulation has updated the Criminal History Requirements Charts, published in the Texas Register, effective April 22, 2022.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsApril 11, 2022The purpose of this communication is to notify you that Residential Child Care Regulation (RCCR) is changing the weight of 26 TAC §749.151(1), which requires a child-placing agency to designate a full-time child-placing agency administrator who is responsible for carrying out the responsibilities outlined in 26 TAC §749.635.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsApril 11, 2022The purpose of this communication is to notify you that Residential Child Care Regulation (RCCR) is changing the weight of 26 TAC §748.151(1), which requires a general residential operation to designate a full-time child-care administrator who is responsible for carrying out the responsibilities outlined in 26 TAC §748.535.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsApril 8, 2022The public comment period is April 8 through May 9, 2022 for the proposed background check rules for Small Employer-Based Child Care Operations and Shelter Care Operations in Chapter 745, Subchapter F.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation