By: Hughes, Creighton, Perry S.B. No. 1018     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the licensing of family residential centers by the   Department of Family and Protective Services and the detention of   certain juveniles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,   is amended by adding Section 42.0538 to read as follows:          Sec. 42.0538.  FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CENTERS. (a)  In this   section, "family residential center" means a facility that:                (1)  is operated by or under a contract with United   States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal   immigration laws;                (2)  houses children with a parent or other adult   family member who remains with the child at the center or children   who are not accompanied by a parent or other adult family member;   and                (3)  provides care for children for at least part of a   day.           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department   shall license a family residential center in the same manner as the   department licenses a general residential operation under this   chapter.          (b-1)  The department shall revoke the license of a family   residential center if 90 percent or more of the people detained at   the family residential center are held at the center for longer than   90 days.          (c)  The executive commissioner by rule may exempt a family   residential center from any minimum standard or rule applicable to   a general residential operation as the executive commissioner   determines necessary to:                 (1)  allow members of a family to remain together in the   same living space;                (2)  allow a child's parent or other adult family member   who is housed with the child to supervise and care for the child at   the family residential center; or                (3)  operate the family residential center.          (d)  Subsection (c) does not prohibit the department from   granting a waiver or variance on a case-by-case basis as authorized   by other law.          (e)  This section does not waive sovereign immunity or create   a cause of action.          (f)  This section expires September 1, 2019.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.