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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility for employment by a dispensing organization |
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licensed under the Texas Compassionate-Use Act based on a criminal |
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history background check. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 487.105, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) The criteria established under Subsection (c) must |
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provide that an individual's conviction of or placement on deferred |
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adjudication community supervision for an offense involving the |
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possession of marihuana that was punishable as a misdemeanor does |
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not prevent the individual from passing the criminal history |
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background check for the purposes of this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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487.105, Health and Safety Code, applies to an individual's |
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eligibility for employment with a dispensing organization based on |
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a criminal history background check conducted on or after the |
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effective date of this Act, regardless of when a conviction |
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reported as part of the individual's criminal history occurred. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |