{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-767.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 767.003","heading":"CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS AND EMPLOYEES; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) An owner or operator of a group home shall obtain criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas on each individual who is an applicant for employment with or an employee of the group home.\n(b) An owner or operator of a group home may not hire or continue to employ an individual for whom the owner or operator obtains criminal history record information on the applicant's or employee's conviction of an offense under Chapter 19, 20, 20A, 21, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33A, 34, 35, 35A, or 71, Penal Code, or Section 48.015, 48.02, 48.03, or 48.04, Penal Code, or any other offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or a felony.\n(c) An owner or operator of a group home who violates Subsection (b) commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 188), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.\nRedesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 769 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(23), eff. September 1, 2025.\nRedesignated and amended from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 769 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (S.B. 1137), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 767. REGULATION OF CERTAIN GROUP HOMES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.767.htm#767.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"1987829f42c7043423c340bd57f2bf118550e89ce9889742558c1a7b375b6eaf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-767.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-767.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}