SB 288

relating to employment verification of certain health facility
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
Sec. 250A.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
(2)  "Executive commissioner" means the executive
commissioner of the commission.
(3)  "Health facility" means a health facility licensed
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
(b)  A health facility may contract with an appropriately
qualified person to conduct an employment verification required by
Sec. 250A.003.  RULES.  The executive commissioner may adopt
rules necessary to implement this chapter.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.