Tex.
Gov't Code Section 531.00554
Criminal Background Checks
(a)
In this section, “eligible person” means a person whose criminal history record information the executive commissioner, or the executive commissioner’s designee, is entitled to obtain from the Department of Public Safety under Section 411.1106 (Access to Criminal History Record Information: Health and Human Services Commission).(b)
The executive commissioner may require an eligible person 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 by obtaining criminal history record information under Sections 411.1106 (Access to Criminal History Record Information: Health and Human Services Commission) and 411.087 (Access to Criminal History Record Information Maintained by Federal Bureau of Investigation or Local Criminal Justice Agency).(c)
Criminal history record information obtained by the executive commissioner under Sections 411.1106 (Access to Criminal History Record Information: Health and Human Services Commission) and 411.087 (Access to Criminal History Record Information Maintained by Federal Bureau of Investigation or Local Criminal Justice Agency) may be used only to evaluate the qualification or suitability for employment, including continued employment, of an eligible person.(d)
Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the executive commissioner or the executive commissioner’s designee may release or disclose criminal history record information obtained under Section 411.087 (Access to Criminal History Record Information Maintained by Federal Bureau of Investigation or Local Criminal Justice Agency) only to a governmental entity or as otherwise authorized by federal law, including federal regulations and executive orders.
Source:
Section 531.00554 — Criminal Background Checks, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.531.htm#531.00554 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
