SRC-TJG S.B. 1073 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1073
By: West
Health & Human Services
4/10/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a person convicted of an offense under Chapter 31, Penal Code
(Theft), is prohibited from being employed in a position the duties of
which involve direct contact with a consumer in a facility serving the
elderly or persons with disabilities (facility) before the fifth
anniversary of the date of the conviction.  As proposed, S.B. 1073 adds
certain other offenses to the list of offenses which prohibit a person
from being employed in a position the duties of which involve direct
contact with a consumer in a facility before the fifth anniversary of the
date of the conviction. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 250.006(b), Health and Safety Code, to prohibit
a person from being employed in a position the duties of which involve
direct contact with a consumer in a facility serving the elderly or
persons with disabilities before the fifth anniversary of the date the
person is convicted of a certain offense.  Deletes existing text related
to an offense under Chapter 31, Penal Code, that is punishable as a felony
and text related to criminal trespass. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2003.