{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.0463","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0463","heading":"EXPANSION OF CAPACITY.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding the limitations established by Section 42.002, the department may:\n(1) develop, by rule, criteria to determine when it may be appropriate to exclude children who are related to a caretaker in determining a residential child-care facility's total capacity; and\n(2) issue an exception in accordance with department rules allowing an agency foster home, cottage family home, or specialized child-care home to expand its capacity and care for not more than eight children.\n(b) The department may include children who are related to a caretaker when determining under Subsection (a)(1) whether a residential child-care facility complies with the standards relating to total capacity or child-to-caregiver ratios for the facility.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 7), Sec. 59, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL","SUBTITLE D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES","CHAPTER 42. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE CHILD-CARE SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.42.htm#42.0463","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"9a374100eac7d1057065be4d4fb9612c49d88068fb52026f34544eb350e16092","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.0462","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.047"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}