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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor