| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2191 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to prohibiting contact between an employee of a facility |
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| 6 | 6 | | that serves the elderly or disabled persons, whose criminal history |
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| 7 | 7 | | has not been verified, and a patient or resident of the facility. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 250.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a-1) If a facility employs a person pending a criminal |
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| 12 | 12 | | history check, the facility shall ensure that the person has no |
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| 13 | 13 | | direct contact with a consumer until the facility obtains the |
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| 14 | 14 | | person's criminal history record information and verifies the |
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| 15 | 15 | | person's employability under Section 250.006. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 17 | 17 | | to the initial employment of a person by a facility regulated by |
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| 18 | 18 | | Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, on or after the effective date |
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| 19 | 19 | | of this Act. The employment of a person by a facility regulated by |
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| 20 | 20 | | Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, before the effective date of |
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| 21 | 21 | | this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the facility |
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| 22 | 22 | | hired the employee, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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| 23 | 23 | | that purpose. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 25 | 25 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 27 | 27 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2191 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 29 | 29 | | voting. |
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| 30 | 30 | | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 32 | 32 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2191 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 34 | 34 | | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | 35 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | 36 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | Date |
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| 38 | 38 | | _____________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Governor |
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