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| 1 | 1 | By: Nelson S.B. No. 428 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Raymond) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to background and criminal history checks for parents or | |
| 8 | 8 | other relatives of children in residential child-care facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 42.056, Human Resources Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the director, owner, | |
| 13 | 13 | or operator of a residential child-care facility is not required to | |
| 14 | 14 | submit to the department the information required under that | |
| 15 | 15 | subsection for use in conducting a background and criminal history | |
| 16 | 16 | check on a parent or other relative of a child who is a client in | |
| 17 | 17 | care at the facility if: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) the department has on file for the parent or | |
| 19 | 19 | relative a background and criminal history check; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the background and criminal history check was | |
| 21 | 21 | conducted within the two-year period preceding the date the parent | |
| 22 | 22 | or relative visits the client at the facility. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |