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                                                                  H.B. No. 1971




AN ACT

relating to convictions barring employment in certain facilities 
serving the elderly or persons with disabilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 250.006(b), Health and Safety Code,  is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A person [convicted of an offense under Chapter 31, 
Penal Code, that is punishable as a felony] may not be employed in a 
position the duties of which involve direct contact with a consumer 
in a facility before the fifth anniversary of the date the person is 
convicted of:
		(1)  an offense under Section 22.01, Penal Code 
(assault), that is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or as a 
felony;
		(2)  an offense under Section 30.02, Penal Code 
(burglary);          
		(3)  an offense under Chapter 31, Penal Code (theft), 
that is punishable as a felony;
		(4)  an offense under Section 32.45, Penal Code 
(misapplication of fiduciary property or property of a financial 
institution), that is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or a 
felony; or
		(5)  an offense under Section 32.46, Penal Code 
(securing  execution of a document by deception), that is 
punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or a felony [the conviction].
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
250.006, Health and Safety Code, does not apply to a person who is 
employed by a facility on the effective date of this Act for the 
period during which the person is continuously employed by that 
facility.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1971 was passed by the House on April 
25, 2003, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in 
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1971 on May 30, 2003, by a non-record 
vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1971 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



APPROVED: __________________                                                
 
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              Governor