{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-145.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 145.002","heading":"CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK.","body":"Before associating with or hiring an officer, employee, or prospective employee in a position whose duties include entry into another person's residence, an in-home service company or residential delivery company shall:\n(1) obtain from the Department of Public Safety or a private vendor all criminal history record information relating to an officer, employee, or prospective employee; or\n(2) ascertain that the person holds in good standing an occupational license issued by a licensing authority in this state that has, before issuing or renewing the license, performed a criminal history background check.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 145. LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENT HIRING BY IN-HOME SERVICE COMPANIES AND RESIDENTIAL DELIVERY COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.145.htm#145.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"a69d9d36b7082b00517844978140d3b6f9f91fce1c39be1d5bb48c23f03a3a77","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-145.0015","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-145.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}