Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 769.003
Criminal History Record Information Requirement for Applicants and Employees; Criminal Penalty

(a)

An owner or operator of a group home shall obtain criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas on each individual who is an applicant for employment with or an employee of the group home.

(b)

An owner or operator of a group home may not hire or continue to employ an individual for whom the owner or operator obtains criminal history record information on the applicant’s or employee’s conviction of an offense under Chapter 19 (Criminal Homicide), 20 (Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and), 20A (Trafficking of Persons), 21 (Sexual Offenses), 22 (Assaultive Offenses), 25 (Offenses Against the Family), 28 (Arson, Criminal Mischief, and Other Property Damage or Destruction), 29 (Robbery), 30 (Burglary and Criminal Trespass), 31 (Theft), 32 (Fraud), 33 (Computer Crimes), 33A (Telecommunications Crimes), 34 (Money Laundering), 35 (Insurance Fraud), 35A (Health Care Fraud), or 71 (Organized Crime), Penal Code, or Section 48.015 (Prohibitions Relating to Certain Cigarettes), 48.02 (Prohibition of the Purchase and Sale of Human Organs), 48.03 (Prohibition on Purchase and Sale of Human Fetal Tissue), or 48.04 (Prohibition on Purchase and Sale of Adult Stem Cells for Certain Investigational Treatments), Penal Code, or any other offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or a felony.

(c)

An owner or operator of a group home who violates Subsection (b) commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 188), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 769.003 — Criminal History Record Information Requirement for Applicants and Employees; Criminal Penalty, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­769.­htm#769.­003 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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