Heather Marie Morua

A registered child care home in Killeen, Texas 76549

2808 Westwood Dr, Killeen, Texas 76549. (254) 462-6228.

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The short answer

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

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Bell County: 2
1 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
3 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 2 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?

7 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 237 child care providers in Bell County had 2.

3 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 18, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points, at the inspection on Oct 4, 2024

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

When those deficiencies happened

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

7 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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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

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.

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

Aug 18, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies

Sanitation of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“Animal feces was observed in the back play space. This was corrected when the provider cleaned the area.”

Rule 747.3203. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 18, 2026.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“Safety hazards were observed in the back yard play space: the rear fence has an entrapment hazards underneath the exposed metal fence, the storage shed has a door that needs to be secured to prevent the children from entering. This was corrected during the inspection”

Rule 747.3501. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 18, 2026.

Oct 4, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies

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

“Toys structures were broken and had open pinch points.”

Rule 747.4401(7). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 7, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 8, 2024.
Policies Comply with Rules

“Operational policies wer not in compliance with the minimum standards.”

Rule 747.207(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 11, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 9, 2024.
Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Separate from Food and Inaccessible

“Cleaning supplies and paint was observed in an unlocked cabinet in a bathroom used by the children.”

Rule 747.3203(13). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024.
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

“Fire and disaster drills had not been conducted or documented. One drill was conducted during the inspection, bringing it into compliance.”

Rule 747.5005(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 4, 2024.
Planned Activities - Designed to meet individual needs and developmental levels of children in the group

“The provider did not have planned activities documented for the children.”

Rule 747.2101. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 11, 2024. Correction verified: Oct 10, 2024.

All 3 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Aug 18, 2026	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Oct 4, 2024	Inspection	5 deficiencies cited
Oct 12, 2022	Inspection	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Registered Child-Care Home, permit issued May 21, 2002.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 12 children.

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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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?

Not rated in Texas Rising Star.

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

How does it compare nearby?

Among 237 child care providers in Bell County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.

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

12 of the 237 in Bell County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Heather Marie Morua This child care provider	7
Maria Burgos	4
Tiny Troops Learning Center	4
A Heart for the Children	0
Theresas Creative Minds	6
Carmen Y Benitez Rivera	2
Just for Tots #4	28
Asymca @ Dr. Joseph A. Fowler	8
2y Smart Kids Care, LLC	33
Doris West	4
Anita Delores Smith	1
Sandra Lee Powell	9
Pershing Park YMCA	0

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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