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| 1 | 1 | 85R15345 AJZ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 3873 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the removal of certain persons from the employee | |
| 8 | 8 | misconduct registry. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 253.010, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 253.010. REMOVAL FROM REGISTRY. (a) The Health and | |
| 13 | 13 | Human Services Commission [department] may remove a person from the | |
| 14 | 14 | employee misconduct registry if, after receiving a written request | |
| 15 | 15 | from the person, the commission [department] determines that the | |
| 16 | 16 | person does not meet the requirements for inclusion in the employee | |
| 17 | 17 | misconduct registry. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a | |
| 19 | 19 | procedure for the Health and Human Services Commission to remove a | |
| 20 | 20 | person from the employee misconduct registry if, after receiving a | |
| 21 | 21 | written request from the person, the commission determines the | |
| 22 | 22 | person: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) does not qualify for removal under Subsection (a); | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) has been included in the employee misconduct | |
| 25 | 25 | registry for at least six months; and | |
| 26 | 26 | (3) no longer poses a risk of committing reportable | |
| 27 | 27 | conduct. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |