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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employment verification of certain health facility |
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applicants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 250A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 250A. EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION OF HEALTH FACILITY |
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APPLICANTS |
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Sec. 250A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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Commission. |
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(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive |
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commissioner of the commission. |
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(3) "Health facility" means a health facility licensed |
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by the commission. |
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Sec. 250A.002. REQUIRED EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION. (a) Each |
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health facility shall conduct an employment verification for each |
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applicant the facility may potentially employ at the facility |
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before offering the applicant the position. In conducting the |
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employment verification, the facility shall at a minimum contact |
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the previous employers listed in the submitted application |
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materials for each applicant the facility may potentially employ |
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in a position in which the applicant: |
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(1) provides services to children or vulnerable |
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adults; or |
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(2) handles any state money. |
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(b) A health facility may contract with an appropriately |
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qualified person to conduct the employment verification required by |
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this section. |
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Sec. 250A.003. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt |
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rules necessary to implement this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |