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	Amend SB 1318 on third reading by adding the following 
SECTIONS, appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 142.009(c), Health and Safety Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The department or its authorized representative shall 
investigate each complaint received regarding the provision of home 
health, hospice, or personal assistance services, including any 
allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child under the 
age of 18, and may, as a part of the investigation:
		(1)  conduct an unannounced survey of a place of 
business, including an inspection of medical and personnel records, 
if the department has reasonable cause to believe that the place of 
business is in violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under 
this chapter;
		(2)  conduct an interview with a recipient of home 
health, hospice, or personal assistance services, which may be 
conducted in the recipient's home if the recipient consents;
		(3)  conduct an interview with a family member of a 
recipient of home health, hospice, or personal assistance services 
who is deceased or other person who may have knowledge of the care 
received by the deceased recipient of the home health, hospice, or 
personal assistance services;  or
		(4)  interview a physician or other health care 
practitioner, including a member of the personnel of a home and 
community support services agency, who cares for a recipient of 
home health, hospice, or personal assistance services.
	SECTION ____.  Section 253.001(4), Health and Safety Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
		(4)  "Facility" means:                                                        
			(A)  a facility licensed by the department;  [or]           
			(B)  an adult foster care provider that contracts 
with the department; or
			(C)  a home and community support services agency 
licensed by the department under Chapter 142.
	SECTION ____.  Section 253.008, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 253.008.  VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYABILITY.  (a) Before a 
facility[, an agency licensed under Chapter 142,] or a person 
exempt from licensing under Section 142.003(a)(19) may hire an 
employee, the facility[, 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 is designated in either registry as having abused, 
neglected, or exploited a resident or consumer of a facility or an 
individual receiving services from a facility [an agency licensed 
under Chapter 142] or from a person exempt from licensing under 
Section 142.003(a)(19).
	(b)  A facility[, 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 a facility [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[, 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.