# PennyAPI Regulatory Watch | Texas Childcare Monitoring

> PennyAPI Regulatory Watch | Texas Childcare Monitoring is a paid API for AI agents from pennyregwatch.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches Texas HHSC regulatory records for a specific childcare operation by operation number, including status and compliance data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pennyregwatch.com/v1/regulatory/tx/childcare/%7Boperation_number%7D
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/pennyapi-regulatory-watch-texas-childcare-monitoring-631edc98
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0SrIUFazFCTqxJ9QKzs6Y

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability pennyapi-regulatory-watch-texas-childcare-monitoring-631edc98
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the current HHSC regulatory status for Texas childcare operation number 1677526 and tell me if it's active?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically verify or monitor the regulatory standing of a specific Texas childcare facility by its HHSC operation number. Prefer it over manual HHSC website lookups when building automated compliance workflows, due-diligence pipelines, or change-monitoring systems for Texas childcare facilities.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent operation number returns an error or empty result
- HHSC data source temporarily unavailable causing lookup failure
- Malformed operation number (non-numeric or wrong format) may return a 400-level error
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 protocol if USDC payment is not properly handled

## How this service works

Monitor Texas childcare regulatory records and receive email alerts when important HHSC information changes.

## Output

Returns a JSON object confirming success, the operation's name, its HHSC operation number, and its current regulatory state including operation status (e.g. 'Active').

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "operation_number"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "operation_number": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Texas HHSC childcare operation number"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "operation_name": "Example Childcare Operation",
  "operation_number": "1677526",
  "regulatory_state": {
   "operation_status": "Active"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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