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  89R376 JG-D     By: Miles S.B. No. 288       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to employment verification of certain health facility   applicants.          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   APPLICANTS           Sec. 250A.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                 (1)     "Commission" means the Health and Human Services   Commission.                 (2)     "Executive commissioner" means the executive   commissioner of the commission.                 (3)     "Health facility" means a health facility licensed   by the commission.           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   adults; or                 (2)  handles any state money.           (b)     A health facility may contract with an appropriately   qualified person to conduct an employment verification required by   this section.           Sec.   250A.003.     RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt   rules necessary to implement this chapter.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.