Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2622 amends the Government Code and Finance Code to better standardize the entitlement of specified governmental and nongovernmental entities to criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety (DPS). Various changes and repealers lift restrictions on the types of such information that certain entities may receive. The bill adds new entitlements for the savings and loan commissioner, the Interagency Council on Sex Offender Treatment, certain nonprofit programs that provide activities for children, and the clerk of a county court having venue over a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian. Other new entitlements cover the Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS) as well as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, custodial care homes, home health agencies, adult day care facilities, and certain other entities that are regulated by or that contract with the TDHS or the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. The bill stipulates that the DPS may release or disclose criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation only to a governmental entity or as authorized by federal statute, rule, or executive order.