⚖️ RegWatch Texas · Child Care Edition

Miss one rule change and Texas can fine your center up to $1,000 a day — and post the violation where every parent can see it.

HHSC has changed child care rules ten times in the last two years — and it's drafting two more right now. RegWatch reads every change for you and sends a plain-English alert: what changed, what you must do, and by when.

This sends you one free sample — the latest real alert — so you can judge the product. Ongoing alerts are for members only (see below). Not legal advice — faster than legal advice.

What an alert looks like

What changed: Under HB 2789 (HHSC letter PGL-26-11001), every licensed center must now carry liability insurance — or notify every parent in writing that it doesn't.
What you must do: 1) Confirm your liability policy is active and meets the requirement. 2) If you're not covered, send the required written notice to all parents and keep proof on file.
By when: Effective January 13, 2026 — already in force.
Risk if ignored: A cited deficiency on your public record — visible to every parent who searches your center.

You also see what's coming — before it's law

It's not only rules that already passed: you get early word while HHSC is still working on a change — so when a parent asks how upcoming rules might affect their child, you're the director who already has the answer.

Right now HHSC is drafting two: new allergy-response epinephrine rules and updated background-check charts. See the Radar →

Why not just read the Texas Register yourself?

69% of licensed Texas centers — 6,558 of 9,554 — already have at least one high-risk deficiency on the public record parents search. Most are for rules the director never saw change. (Source: HHSC child care registry, July 2026.)

Pricing

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  • Every Texas rule-change alert, forever — plain English: what changed, what you must do, by when (a compliance consultant runs ~$1,800/yr)
  • The Deadline Calendar + Radar — every live deadline on one page, plus what HHSC is planning next, months before it's law
  • Inspection-Prep Checklist with every alert that requires action — what the inspector will look for on that new rule
  • The Back-Catalog Brief — day-one review of every 2025–26 change: "check these things this week"
  • Founding privileges — $0 forever after this payment; founding members vote first on what we cover next
The Never Blindsided Guarantee: if HHSC adopts a rule change for licensed centers and we fail to alert you before its effective date, we refund your entire $299 — and you keep lifetime access. We only keep your money if we do our one job perfectly, forever. (Plus a 30-day no-questions refund.)
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25 of 25 seats left. Never re-offered at this price: after the 25, one last-call week at $399, then lifetime is retired forever. HHSC is drafting two new rules right now — the next change is already on its way. You'll hear about it from us, or from your inspector.

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Why I'm doing this

All three of my kids had great experiences in Texas child care. The center we loved most — the one that felt like family — was forced to sell after problems that could have been prevented. Watching those classrooms empty out over something preventable is what started RegWatch. Rules will keep changing; good directors shouldn't get blindsided by them.

— Josh Key, RegWatch Texas

Fair questions

"I already get HHSC's own emails."
They tell you a rule changed — in regulatory language, scattered across provider news, guidance letters, and the Texas Register. We read all of it every day and send one email a person can act on: what changed, what you must do, by when, and what the inspector will look for. See for yourself: every change of 2025–26, translated.

"What if nothing changes for months?"
Then you get no email — quiet means nothing is due. Texas has averaged a center-relevant change every 10 weeks for three years, and they come in bursts. The quiet stretch is exactly when directors get blindsided.

"Is this legal advice?"
No — faster. Every alert links the official HHSC source, so you (or your attorney) can verify in one click.

"Why is lifetime only $299?"
The first 25 founding seats fund the service and prove it. After seat 25, that price is retired permanently — this page will say so the day it happens.

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