89R376 JG-D
By: Miles S.B. No. 288
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employment verification of certain health facility
applicants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 250A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 250A. EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION OF HEALTH FACILITY
APPLICANTS
Sec. 250A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
Commission.
(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
commissioner of the commission.
(3) "Health facility" means a health facility licensed
by the commission.
Sec. 250A.002. REQUIRED EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION. (a) Each
health facility shall conduct an employment verification for each
applicant the facility may potentially employ at the facility
before offering the applicant the position. In conducting the
employment verification, the facility shall at a minimum contact
the previous employers listed in the submitted application
materials for each applicant the facility may potentially employ
in a position in which the applicant:
(1) provides services to children or vulnerable
adults; or
(2) handles any state money.
(b) A health facility may contract with an appropriately
qualified person to conduct an employment verification required by
this section.
Sec. 250A.003. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt
rules necessary to implement this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.