Tex. Health & Safety Code § 767.003 · Chapter 767. REGULATION OF CERTAIN GROUP HOMES
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS AND EMPLOYEES; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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, 20, 20A, 21, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33A, 34, 35, 35A, or 71, Penal Code, or Section 48.015, 48.02, 48.03, or 48.04, 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 188), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 769 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(23), eff. September 1, 2025.
Redesignated and amended from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 769 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (S.B. 1137), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.767.htm
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Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 48.015PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CIGARETTES.Printed as Section 48.015, 48.02, 48.03, or 48.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 48.02PROHIBITION OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF HUMAN ORGANS.Printed as Section 48.015, 48.02, 48.03, or 48.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 48.03PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND SALE OF HUMAN FETAL TISSUE.Printed as Section 48.015, 48.02, 48.03, or 48.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 48.04PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND SALE OF ADULT STEM CELLS FOR CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENTS.Printed as Section 48.015, 48.02, 48.03, or 48.04, Penal Code
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