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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting contact between an employee of a facility |
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that serves the elderly or disabled persons, whose criminal history |
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has not been verified, and a patient or resident of the facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 250.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) If a facility employs a person pending a criminal |
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history check, the facility shall ensure that the person has no |
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direct contact with a consumer until the facility obtains the |
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person's criminal history record information and verifies the |
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person's employability under Section 250.006. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the initial employment of a person by a facility regulated by |
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Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. The employment of a person by a facility regulated by |
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Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the facility |
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hired the employee, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |