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Senate Bill 1540 |
Senate Author: Perry |
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Effective: 6-19-15 |
House Sponsor: Keough |
Senate Bill 1540 amends the Government Code and Human Resources Code to entitle the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to obtain criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) that relates to certain employees or applicants for employment who have or would have access to sensitive personal or financial information and sets out criminal background check requirements for such employees and applicants. The bill includes an employee or applicant for employment with the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) who, as an employee, has or would have direct access to residents or clients of a facility among the persons for whom DADS is entitled to obtain DPS criminal history record information.