TX HB2789

Single source continuum contractors providing community-based foster care and child welfare services are exempted from obtaining a child-placing agency license, though subcontractors and child-placing agencies working under them must still be licensed

Required liability insurance coverage for licensed child-care facilities and listed family homes is reduced from $300,000 to $100,000 per occurrence of negligence, effective January 1, 2026

Initial child-care facility licenses are extended from 6 months to 12 months validity, and the tuberculosis testing requirement for children at facilities is eliminated

Eligibility requirements for child-care administrator and child-placing agency administrator licenses are simplified to require an experiential or educational equivalent to a bachelor's degree in social work, child development, or similar field, removing previous tiered degree and experience requirements

"No Trespassing" notice requirements for residential treatment centers are simplified by removing specific location and content mandates, delegating those details to executive commissioner rulemaking