86R6841 SOS-D
 
  By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1095
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the imposition of certain criminal history record
  information requirements regarding the licensing of massage
  therapy.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 455.1525, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 455.1525.  CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION
  REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE [BACKGROUND CHECKS]. (a)  The
  department shall require an applicant for a license to submit a
  complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by
  the department, to the department or to the Department of Public
  Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record
  information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal
  Bureau of Investigation  [On receipt of an application for a license
  under this chapter, the department shall conduct a criminal
  background check on the applicant].
         (b)  The department may not issue a license to a person who
  does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).
         (c)  The department shall conduct a criminal history record
  information check of each applicant for a license using
  information:
               (1)  provided by the individual under this section; and
               (2)  made available to the department by the Department
  of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any
  other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.
         (d)  The department may:
               (1)  enter into an agreement with the Department of
  Public Safety to administer a criminal history record information
  check required under this section; and
               (2)  authorize the Department of Public Safety to
  collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of
  Public Safety in conducting the criminal history record information
  check.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 455.160, Occupations
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 455.160.  LICENSE TERM AND RENEWAL; CRIMINAL HISTORY
  RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSE RENEWAL.
         SECTION 3.  Section 455.160, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b), (c), and (d) to read as follows:
         (b)  A license holder renewing a license issued under this
  chapter shall submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints for
  purposes of performing a criminal history record information check
  of the license holder as provided by Section 455.1525.
         (c)  The department may administratively suspend or refuse
  to renew the license of a person who does not comply with the
  requirement of Subsection (b).
         (d)  A license holder is not required to submit fingerprints
  under this section for the renewal of the license if the license
  holder has previously submitted fingerprints under:
               (1)  Section 455.1525 for the initial issuance of the
  license; or
               (2)  this section as part of a prior license renewal.
         SECTION 4.  Section 455.160(h), Occupations Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 5.  Sections 455.1525 and 455.160, Occupations Code,
  as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for the
  issuance or renewal of a license submitted to the Texas Department
  of Licensing and Regulation on or after the effective date of this
  Act. An application for the issuance or renewal of a license
  submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.