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New Life Ministry DBA Discovery Kidz

A licensed child care center in Pasadena, Texas 77504

3901 Spencer Hwy Ste 150, Pasadena, Texas 77504. (713) 910-9100.

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The short answer

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

The last 24 months 12 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: 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?

12 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 25, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Rated High by Texas: Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger, at the inspection on Feb 27, 2025

Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited, at the report to the state on Feb 3, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Feb 3, 2025

5 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

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

When those deficiencies happened

12 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

12 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.

Aug 25, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment

    “The playground was observed with three climbing stationary equipment without the required six feet use zone between them. Note: A photo was taken.”

    Rule 746.4803. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 8, 2026. Correction verified: Sep 9, 2026.

Aug 27, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional

    “One students food allergy emergency plan did not contain the required health care professional signature.”

    Rule 746.3819. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 9, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 3, 2025.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The emergency practices did not contain fire drills for the months of June and July.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 3, 2025. Correction verified: Sep 3, 2025.

Feb 27, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger

    “The operational policy did not contain the safe sleep for infants section.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(9). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 5, 2025.

  • Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services

    “The operational policy did not contain the support inclusive services section.”

    Rule 746.501(a)(30). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 6, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 5, 2025.

Feb 3, 2025: report to the state6 deficiencies

  • AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that neglectful supervision occurred at the operation when a five-year-old child was left on the vehicle for approximately one hour.”

    Rule 746.1201(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

  • Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a five-year-old child was left unsupervised in a vehicle for approximately one hour.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

  • AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a five-year-old child was left on the vehicle unattended.”

    Rule 746.5605(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

  • Required Equipment in Vehicles - List of Children

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the driver did not sign in the students at pick up.”

    Rule 746.5617(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee verify all children accounted for

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the driver of the vehicle did not ensure that all children had been accounted for.”

    Rule 746.5625(d)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

  • Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle

    “Based on the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the driver of the vehicle did not conduct a walk through of the vehicle prior to disarming the child safety alarm.”

    Rule 746.5625(d)(2). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2025. Correction verified: Mar 28, 2025.

Jan 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

  • Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

    “A two month old infant was observed sleeping in a swing with a blanket. Note: Pictures were taken and this was corrected during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.2426(a)(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 7, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 16, 2025.

All 14 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 25, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 13, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 12, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 27, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 22, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 7, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 5, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Feb 27, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Feb 3, 2025Report to the state6 deficiencies cited
Jan 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jan 7, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 2, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 30, 2024InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 15, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 125 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.
  • 4 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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 12.
Source:

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

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Alpha Academy #315
Hoa Thi Vu0
Learning Minds Academy5
Koala Cubs3
Diem Thach0
Monica Zapata58
The Bridge for Kids Childcare Center17
New Life Ministry DBA Discovery Kidz This child care provider12
Ryss Stem Academy Pasadena21
Connect Early Learning Center21
Lien Nguyen7
Kid N Play Learning Academy14

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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