Tex. Government Code § 411.1041: ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND OTHER SERVICES.

(a) The Texas Workforce Commission, in connection with the administration of vocational rehabilitation services and other services and programs under Subtitle C, Title 4, Labor Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is:

(1) an applicant selected for employment with the commission whose potential duties include direct contact with clients to provide those services;

(2) an applicant for those services from the commission; or

(3) a client receiving those services from the commission.

(b) Criminal history record information obtained by the commission under Subsection (a) may not be released or disclosed to any person except on court order or with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 208), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2016.