88R424 JG-D
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 229
 
 
 
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 the 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, 2023.