Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0563 · Subchapter C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES
PRE-EMPLOYMENT AFFIDAVIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An applicant for a position with a child-care facility must submit, using a form adopted by the department, a pre-employment affidavit disclosing whether the applicant has ever been charged with, adjudicated for, or convicted of having an inappropriate relationship with a minor.
(b) An applicant who answers affirmatively concerning an inappropriate relationship with a minor must disclose in the affidavit all relevant facts pertaining to the charge, adjudication, or conviction, including, for a charge, whether the charge was determined to be true or false.
(c) An applicant is not precluded from being employed based on a disclosed charge if the employing entity determines based on the information disclosed in the affidavit that the charge was false.
(d) A determination that an employee failed to disclose information required to be disclosed by an applicant under this section is grounds for termination of employment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 58 (S.B. 1469), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.42.htm
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