S.B. No. 1073




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.  Subsection (b), Section 250.006, 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.                           

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1073 passed the Senate on 
April 25, 2003, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate concurred 
in House amendment on May 31, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1073 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 28, 2003, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor