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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 8 cited deficiencies dated January 25, 2024 to May 13, 2026 (4 High, 1 Medium High, 2 Medium, 1 Medium Low risk). Correction status: 1 corrected at inspection, 7 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
High risk · Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling (746.2805(3)) Cited May 13, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 26, 2026; correction verified July 8, 2026; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Caregivers grabbed a child in care.
High risk · Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers-Report Suspected Child Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation (746.1201(5)) Cited May 13, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 26, 2026; correction verified July 8, 2026; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The operation did not report suspected abuse within the required time frame.
High risk · AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation (745.641) Cited February 27, 2024 (correction date recorded: February 27, 2024; correction verified February 27, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The operation allowed a caregiver to care for children before receiving a background check determination of Eligible, Provisional Eligibility with Conditions, or Eligible with Conditions. The caregiver left during the inspection.
High risk · Director Responsibilities - Substitutes Called When Needed (746.1003(6)) Cited January 29, 2024 (correction date recorded: February 23, 2024; correction verified February 27, 2024; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The director did not ensure that qualified substitutes with proper eligibility, training, and documentation were called to care for children.
Medium High risk · Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs (746.1203(4)) Cited February 17, 2026 (correction date recorded: March 25, 2026; correction verified April 2, 2026; technical assistance given). What the record describes: Caregivers did not provide care consistent with a child's potty-training habits, and the child was sent home soiled three times.
Medium risk · Operation Open to Parents At All Times (746.201(7)) Cited January 29, 2024 (correction date recorded: February 23, 2024; correction verified February 27, 2024). What the record describes: The operation did not have an open-door policy. Parents were not allowed inside during morning drop-off.
Medium risk · Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records (746.801(1)) Cited January 25, 2024 (correction date recorded: February 5, 2024; correction verified February 27, 2024). What the record describes: Of eight children's records reviewed, one lacked a health statement, immunization records, emergency care authorization, and health care information. Another lacked immunization information, and another record lacked a health statement, immunization information, and emergency care authorization.
Medium Low risk · Operational Policies - Inform Parents That They May Visit Center Anytime During Operating Hours (746.501(b)(1)) Cited January 29, 2024 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given). What the record describes: The operation's policy did not acknowledge an open-door policy.
Counts, dates, risk levels and correction status come directly from the state data. The plain-English descriptions were written automatically from the inspectors' narratives and checked against them by a second automated reviewer; they cover citations dated October 11, 2023 to October 11, 2026. They may contain errors; the official record is authoritative.
This summary is generated automatically from public HHSC records. It restates the official record and may lag behind it. The official state record is the authoritative source: official HHSC record.
Texas Health and Human Services records list 8 cited deficiencies for Cosmos Montessori, LLC in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (4 High, 1 Medium High, 2 Medium, 1 Medium Low).
Records list 17 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-08-04.
HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight
Citations
High
4
Medium High
1
Medium
2
Medium Low
1
Low
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Unknown
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HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers-Report Suspected Child Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation
This standard was tasked as part of an DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. The operation did not report suspected abuse within the required time frame.
Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
This standard was pulled a part of an investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that caregivers did not provide care consistent with the child's potty-training habits leading to the child being sent home three times soiled.
Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers-Report Suspected Child Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-26. Correction verified: 2026-07-08.
This standard was tasked as part of an DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. The operation did not report suspected abuse within the required time frame.
Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-03-25. Correction verified: 2026-04-02.
This standard was pulled a part of an investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that caregivers did not provide care consistent with the child's potty-training habits leading to the child being sent home three times soiled.
AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-02-27. Correction verified: 2024-02-27.
The operation allowed a caregiver to care for children before receiving a background check determination of Eligible, Provisional Eligibility with Conditions, or Eligible with Conditions. The caregiver left during the inspection.
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-02-23. Correction verified: 2024-02-27.
Based on observation and interviews, the operation did not have an open-door policy. Parents were not allowed in the operation during morning drop-off.
Operational Policies - Inform Parents That They May Visit Center Anytime During Operating Hours
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2024-02-01. Correction verified: Not recorded.
This standard was evaluated in regards to a investigation and was found deficient but it was corrected at inspection. The policy did not acknowledge a open door policy but it was rewritten in their policy and it was sent to the parents via email.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Children's Records
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-02-05. Correction verified: 2024-02-27.
Eight children records were reviewed and one lacked a health statement immunization records, emergency care authorization, and heath care information. Another lacked immunization information. And lastly, a record lacked a health statement, immunization information, and emergency care authorization.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1447623
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