Authorities said they determined the child was left alone for about 30 minutes.
The family began searching for the girl about two hours after they got home and found her in the vehicle, the police said.
A 9-month-old and a 22-month-old died in separate incidents after being left in a hot car for hours in the Texas heat.
Police announced Gabriela Deras' charge days before the first anniversary of her son Ethan's death in front of the Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Developmental Clinic.
On the day she was left in the car, the heat index soared to 107 degrees.
A 2-year-old girl has died after her father left her in a hot car while running errands, police said.