{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-555.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 555.021","heading":"REQUIRED CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND VOLUNTEERS.","body":"(a) The department, the Department of State Health Services, and the Health and Human Services Commission shall perform a state and federal criminal history background check on a person:\n(1) who is:\n(A) an applicant for employment with the agency;\n(B) an employee of the agency;\n(C) a volunteer with the agency;\n(D) an applicant for a volunteer position with the agency;\n(E) an applicant for a contract with the agency; or\n(F) a contractor of the agency; and\n(2) who would be placed in direct contact with a resident or client.\n(b) The department, the Department of State Health Services, and the Health and Human Services Commission shall require a person described by Subsection (a) to submit fingerprints in a form and of a quality acceptable to the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for use in conducting a criminal history background check.\n(c) Each agency shall obtain electronic updates from the Department of Public Safety of arrests and convictions of a person:\n(1) for whom the agency performs a background check under Subsection (a); and\n(2) who remains an employee, contractor, or volunteer of the agency and continues to have direct contact with a resident or client.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (S.B. 643), Sec. 22, eff. June 11, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1027 (H.B. 2673), Sec. 10, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES","CHAPTER 555. STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.555.htm#555.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"cf5186609a7d1b112efad75cede92b2f6ba5485a266cc64ccde4d0bfd8635e91","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-555.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-555.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}