Licensed child care center · public record
Happy Bees Childcare Center
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
9 state inspections, last 2 years
65 deficiencies on the state’s summary
52 high or medium-high risk
July 2, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued July 24, 2023
- Capacity
- 151 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-07:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- Yes
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1740530
Where
9600 S Gessner Rd Bldg C
Houston, TX 77071
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected. Showing the newest 25 of 65.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2025 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, a caregiver inappropriately grabbed a child by the arm.” |
| November 10, 2025 | High | 746.2805(10) - Prohibited Punishments - Using Inappropriate Long Period of Silence or Inactivity Including Requiring Child to Remain in a Restrictive Device State’s note: “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, children were placed in restrictive devices for extended periods. One child for 10 minutes, another child for 11 minutes, and a third child for over 40 minutes,” |
| November 10, 2025 | Medium | 746.2907(a) - Alternate Activity for Non-sleeping Children State’s note: “Based on the information obtained during the investigation, children who were not sleeping were required to remain on mats without being provided with a quiet alternate activity.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content State’s note: “Of the 9 staff records reviewed, 8 did not have training in responding to food allergy reactions. 9 did not have training in handling hazardous materials.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5202(5) - Emergency Preparedness Plan-Reunification Plan State’s note: “The operations emergency prepoaredness plan was reviewed and observed to be missing the following; The first responsibility of staff in an emergency evacuation or relocation is to move the children to a designated safe area or alternate shelter known to all employees, caregivers, parents, and volunteers; (B) How children will be evacuated or relocate…” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5603(c) - Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely State’s note: “Two seat belts were observed to be stuck and could not be buckled.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3503(c)(3) - Diaper Changing Equipment - If Above Floor Level Caregiver Must Face Child and Be Within Arm's Length of Child State’s note: “A caregiver was observed turning their back to a child on a diaper changing table to talk to another child and give them a bottle.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1205(a)(3) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages State’s note: “Staff in the infant and prek rooms were not aware of the ages of children in their care. In the infant room, when asked, the caregiver stated the children were 9-13mo. When asked later for the individual ages to determin specified age group(SAG), the caregiver then stated the youngest in care was 4mo and the oldest was 20 months. In the prek room. The caregi…” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.2409(a)(1) - Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting, Firm, Flat Mattress Designed for Use in Crib State’s note: “One crib was observed to have two mattresses.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium | 746.1311(e) - Director Annual Training - Additional required topics State’s note: “The directors record was reviewed and current training in allergy response and hazardous materials was not available for review. NOTE: The last documents training availalbe was observed to be completed 6/2022.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(a) - Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required State’s note: “One caregiver hired 12/2022 did not have documentation of 24hours of annual training completed for the 2023-2024 training year” |
| July 24, 2025 | High | 746.2411(2)(A) - Safety Requirements for Play Yards - Snug Fitting, Firm, Flat Mattress Designed for Use in Play Yard and No Extra Pads State’s note: “A play yard was observed to have 5 additional mattresses/foam padding addedd.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5207(b) - Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Posted in Each Room State’s note: “The operation did not have an evacuation diagram posted near the exit of the building” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “A mesh fence was added to the playground to separate the play space from the air unit. The fence was observed to be falling, the air unit and other hazardous materials were accessible to children.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3417(3) - Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering State’s note: “After a diaper change, the caregiver did not have a child wash their hands.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3415(4) - Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child State’s note: “A caregiver was observed changing 2 diapers and used gloves. The careigiver was observed using gloved and did not remove the gloves and wash their hands in between the diaper changes.” |
| July 24, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3407(11) - Sanitize Tables Tops, Furniture and Similar Equipment State’s note: “A caregiver was observed changing 2 diapers and did not sanitize the diaper changing table in between.” |
| July 24, 2025 | High | 746.5617(a)(5) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher State’s note: “Fire extinguisher was observed to be on the floor in the front unsecured.” |
| February 20, 2025 | High | 746.5617(a)(2) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information State’s note: “10 of the 15 children being transported did not have emergency medical information available.” |
| February 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5207(a)(3) - Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location State’s note: “Evacuation plans were observed in 5 newly added spaces, the plans did not include a designated location away from the building” |
| February 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5607(b) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident State’s note: “2 booster seats used were observed to have an expiration date of 2020.” |
| February 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5603(c) - Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely State’s note: “The van used to transport children was evaluated, one seatbelt was not observed to be operating properly.” |
| February 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.5207(a)(4) - Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram - Designated Location Inside State’s note: “Evacuation plans were observed in 5 newly added spaces, the plans did not include a designated location inside the building in the event of shelter in place/lock down.” |
| February 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.4305 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space State’s note: “The outdoor space to be used by children was not observed to be fully fenced. A shipping container was observed to be used to close off space” |
| February 20, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “Several safety hazards were observed on the playground to be used by children, including pesticides, broken, loose boards, exposed rebar/screws, metal rake, screwdriver, and ant hills. broken areas of fencing.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- July 2, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 16, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 16, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- December 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 4, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 13, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- November 13, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 12, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 10, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- August 5, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 24, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 20, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- July 31, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- February 8, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 31, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Happy Bees Childcare Center?
Texas HHSC's file lists 9 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on July 2, 2026. 3 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Happy Bees Childcare Center have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 65: 15 high-risk, 37 medium-high-risk, 11 medium-risk, 2 medium-low-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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