Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 705 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to require an in-home service company or a residential delivery company to obtain a criminal history record for an officer, employee, or prospective employee whose job duties require entry into another person's residence. In a suit seeking damages for the negligent hiring of an officer or employee, the bill creates a rebuttable presumption that an in-home service company or residential delivery company, or a company that contracts with them, is not negligent if the company obtained, or was requested to obtain, the required criminal history record and it showed that within a specified time the employee or officer was not convicted of certain offenses. The bill amends the Government Code to set forth requirements for releasing, disclosing, and destroying a person's criminal history record.