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Kids ‘r’ Kids #46 TX

A licensed child care center in Katy, Texas 77494

4515 FM 1463 Rd, Katy, Texas 77494. (281) 347-5437.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: Medium High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

3 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County had 4.

19 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 19, 2026: no violation found.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

3 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

May 9, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Installation of Unitary Surfacing Materials - to Manufacturer’s Specifications

    “There were multiple areas in the outdoor play area surfacing in need of maintenance.”

    Rule 746.4911(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: May 29, 2025.

  • Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials

    “Operation did not have a copy of the surfacing manufacture instructions available for review.”

    Rule 746.4913. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2025. Correction verified: May 16, 2025.

Jan 22, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 24, 2025.

9 deficiencies older than three years
Dec 29, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points

    “The gym playground structure has a 1 large crack on the climbing rock bottom step. The large crack on the bottom step is approximately 7 inches long and makes the entire step hazardous.”

    Rule 746.4601(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 20, 2023.

May 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer’s instructions

    “The child safety alarm is not functioning according to the manufacturer’s instruction on one vehicle used for transportation.”

    Rule 746.5625(b). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 23, 2022. Correction verified: May 23, 2022.

Apr 12, 2022: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials

    “Impact rating test data for the unitary surfacing material was not made available for review.”

    Rule 746.4913. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 19, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 14, 2022.

Jan 26, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know Group Responsible For

    “A caregiver stated there were 11 children in their care when there was actually 12 children.”

    Rule 746.1203(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 8, 2022.

  • Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers

    “An infant was observed with a pacifier that had an animal attached to it.”

    Rule 746.2401(6). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 26, 2022. Correction verified: Feb 8, 2022.

Nov 22, 2021: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Policies Comply with Rules

    “The following policies were incomplete: Emergency Preparedness, Abuse and Neglect, and the Vaccine Preventable disease.”

    Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “There is not a current fire inspection on file.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

  • Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting Sheets

    “There were two cribs that had sheets that were not snug fitting.”

    Rule 746.2409(a)(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 29, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “There is not a current health inspection on file.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 6, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 6, 2021.

All 30 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 19, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 29, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 9, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 6, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 10, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 10, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 22, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Oct 28, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 16, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 11, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Jun 28, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
May 23, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Aug 3, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Aug 2, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 30, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jun 14, 2023InspectionOutcome pending
Jun 13, 2023InspectionNo violation found
May 30, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 29, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Nov 4, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 7, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
May 23, 2022InspectionNo violation found
May 5, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 2, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Apr 12, 2022Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 9, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Feb 8, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 26, 2022Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Dec 6, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Nov 22, 2021Inspection4 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Jun 8, 2022.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 446 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 10 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 477 child care providers in Fort Bend County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 3.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 477 in Fort Bend County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kids ‘r’ Kids #46 TX This child care provider3
Primrose School of West Cinco Ranch4
YMCA Afterschool @ Shafer Elementary0
YMCA Afterschool @ Wolman Elementary1
YMCA Afterschool @ Wilson Elementary1
Life Time Fitness Camp3
Katy’s Early Childhood Enrichment Center7
Ivy Kids Early Learning Center - Cinco Ranch3
British Private Prep School at Firethorne7
Bob Hosack5
YMCA Afterschool @ Davidson Elementary0
First Step Holdings Inc. DBA Discovery Schoolhouse5
Safari Kids Learning Center18

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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