Child Care Licensing

Texas Health and Human Services protects children by regulating and educating child care providers. Child Care Licensing responsibilities include:

Regulating all child-care operations and child-placing agencies to protect the health, safety, and well-being of children in care.
Permitting and monitoring operations and agencies for compliance with state licensing standards, rules and laws.
Investigating complaints alleging violations of minimum standards in child care and residential child care operations.
Informing parents and the public about child care, including how specific child care and residential child care operations are complying with minimum standards of care.
Giving child-care providers technical assistance on meeting licensing minimum standards, rules, and laws.

Date	Title
6/25/20	New Emergency Rules for Child Day Care Providers - Effective June 25, 2020
6/17/20	Informal Public Comment Period for Proposed Chapters 742 Rules
6/17/20	New Residential Child Care Rules Adopted for Unauthorized Absences
6/16/20	Notice to Child Care Providers: Repeal of Emergency Rules
6/10/20	Child Care Regulation: Operating Status Survey
6/3/20	Summer Safety Reminders for Child Care Providers
5/19/20	Guidance for Reopening Child Day Care Operations
5/13/20	Vision and Hearing Screening and Reporting Rules Waived for 2019-2020 School Year
4/30/20	New Executive Order GA-18 Guidance
4/29/20	AgriLife Offering New Online Training for Child Care Providers

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Title

6/25/20

6/17/20

6/17/20

6/16/20

6/10/20