By King of Parker                                     H.B. No. 2654
         77R8164 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a requirement that a child-care facility or family home
 1-3     complete a background and criminal history record check before
 1-4     hiring a new employee.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, is
 1-7     amended by adding Section 42.0571 to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 42.0571.  BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK FOR NEW
 1-9     EMPLOYEES. Notwithstanding any other law, the director, owner, or
1-10     operator of a child-care facility or family home may not hire a
1-11     person as an employee until the facility or home receives
1-12     background and criminal history record information relating to the
1-13     person.
1-14           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-15     applies to a person hired on or after that date.  A person hired
1-16     before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
1-17     person was hired, and that law is continued in effect for that
1-18     purpose.