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Amend Amendment No. 131 by Heflin to CSHB 2292 by adding the 
following appropriately numbered item and renumbering the 
remaining items as appropriate:
	(___)  Add the following appropriately numbered sections of 
the bill and renumber the remaining sections of the bill as 
appropriate:
	SECTION _____.  Section 253.008, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 253.008.  VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYABILITY.  (a)  Before a 
facility, [or] an agency licensed under Chapter 142, or a person 
exempt from licensing under Section 142.003(a)(19) may hire an 
employee, the facility, [or] agency, or person shall search the 
employee misconduct registry under this chapter and the nurse aide 
registry maintained under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1987 (Pub. L. No. 100-203) to determine whether the applicant for 
employment [person] is designated in either registry as having 
abused, neglected, or exploited a resident or consumer of a 
facility or an individual receiving services from an agency 
licensed under Chapter 142 or from a person exempt from licensing 
under Section 142.003(a)(19).
	(b)  A facility, [or] agency licensed under Chapter 142, or a 
person exempt from licensing under Section 142.003(a)(19) may not 
employ a person who is listed in either registry as having abused, 
neglected, or exploited a resident or consumer of a facility or an 
individual receiving services from an agency licensed under Chapter 
142 or from a person exempt from licensing under Section 
142.003(a)(19).
	SECTION _____.  Section 253.009(a), Health and Safety Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Each facility, [or] each agency licensed under Chapter 
142, and each person exempt from licensing under Section 
142.003(a)(19) shall notify its employees in a manner prescribed by 
the department:
		(1)  about the employee misconduct registry; and                              
		(2)  that an employee may not be employed if the 
employee is listed in the registry.
	SECTION _____.  Section 48.401(1), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(1)  "Agency" means:                                                   
			(A) an entity licensed under Chapter 142, Health 
and Safety Code; or
			(B)  a person exempt from licensing under Section 
142.003(a)(19), Health and Safety Code.