Texas requires a state license or registration to operate a child-care home, enforced by the Health and Human Services Commission, not Lubbock County. Small, informal, unpaid care of six or fewer unrelated children can be exempt. The county does not license or zone home daycares.
Human Resources Code section 42.041 requires a state-issued license to operate a child-care facility; registered and licensed child-care homes are regulated by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, not the county. A narrow exemption covers unpaid care of no more than six unrelated children under a written authorization agreement. Because Texas counties cannot zone, unincorporated Lubbock County imposes no daycare zoning or permit; inside the City of Lubbock a licensed home daycare may also need to satisfy home-occupation and fire/building code standards. Always verify current child counts and registration tiers with HHSC.
Operating an unlicensed child-care home is enforced by the state (HHSC), with penalties up to closure; the county has no licensing authority over home daycares.
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