Amend CSSB 8 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

Art. 2.12.  WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS. The following are peace officers:

(1)  sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(2)  constables, deputy constables, and those reserve deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(3)  marshals or police officers of an incorporated city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;

(4)  rangers and officers commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public Safety;

(5)  investigators of the district attorneys', criminal district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;

(6)  law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;

(7)  each member of an arson investigating unit commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;

(8)  officers commissioned under Section 37.081, Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;

(9)  officers commissioned by the General Services Commission;

(10)  law enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Commission;

(11)  airport police officers commissioned by a city with a population of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a county with a population of 2 million or more that operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;

(12)  airport security personnel commissioned as peace officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;

(13)  municipal park and recreational patrolmen and security officers;

(14)  security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers by the comptroller;

(15)  officers commissioned by a water control and improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;

(16)  officers commissioned by a board of trustees under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;

(17)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical Board;

(18)  officers commissioned by:

(A)  the board of managers of the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code; and

(B)  the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local Laws Code;

(19)  county park rangers commissioned under Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;

(20)  investigators employed by the Texas Racing Commission;

(21)  officers commissioned under Chapter 554, Occupations Code;

(22)  officers commissioned by the governing body of a metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108, Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;

(23)  investigators commissioned by the attorney general under Section 402.009, Government Code;

(24)  security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;

(25)  an officer employed by the Department of State Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;

(26)  officers appointed by an appellate court under Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;

(27)  officers commissioned by the state fire marshal under Chapter 417, Government Code;

(28)  an investigator commissioned by the commissioner of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;

(29)  apprehension specialists and inspectors general commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;

(30)  officers appointed by the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019, Government Code;

(31)  investigators commissioned by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Section 1701.160, Occupations Code;

(32)  commission investigators commissioned by the Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061(f), Occupations Code;

(33)  the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;

(34)  officers commissioned by the State Board of Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject to the limitations imposed by that section;

(35)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, Human Resources Code; [and]

(36)  the fire marshal and any related officers, inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code; and

(37)  officers employed and commissioned by the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general under Section 531.1022, Government Code, or Section 552.002 or 555.101, Health and Safety Code.

SECTION ____.  Sections 411.1143(a) and (a-1), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The Health and Human Services Commission, an agency operating part of the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, or the office of inspector general established under Chapter 531, Government Code, is entitled to obtain from the department the criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a provider or recipient under the medical assistance program or a person applying to enroll as a provider under the medical assistance program.

(a-1)  Criminal history record information an agency or the office of inspector general is authorized to obtain under Subsection (a) includes criminal history record information relating to:

(1)  a person with a direct or indirect ownership or control interest, as defined by 42 C.F.R. Section 455.101, in a provider of five percent or more; [and]

(2)  a person whose information is required to be disclosed in accordance with 42 C.F.R. Part 1001; and

(3)  a person who may have knowledge relevant to an investigation of a provider, a recipient, or an applicant for provider enrollment relating to fraud, abuse, or misrepresentation under the medical assistance program.

SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.1022 to read as follows:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 552.002 to read as follows: