{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.201","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Shelter\" means a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or other facility that is designed to provide temporary living accommodations to individuals and families, including a family violence shelter, a homeless shelter, and an emergency shelter. The term does not include a temporary facility established in response to a natural or other disaster.\n(2) \"Shelter care\" means child care that is provided:\n(A) to seven or more children under 14 years of age who temporarily reside at a shelter each with an adult who is related to the child by blood or who is the child's managing conservator;\n(B) by a person who is not a temporary resident of a shelter; and\n(C) while the adult described by Paragraph (A) is away from the shelter.\n(3) \"Shelter day-care facility\" means a shelter that provides shelter care for not more than 24 hours a day, but at least four hours a day, three or more days a week.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1082 (S.B. 1178), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2012.","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 G. REGULATION OF TEMPORARY SHELTER DAY-CARE FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.42.htm#42.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"2e9ea43e02cce91fb991ed5a6f248f964317ad9d4569291e09f1af8111d5de30","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.163","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}