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Amend HB 1973 on third reading as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 6, strike "and (j)" and substitute "(j),
and (k)".
(2) On page 2, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
(k) The report required under Subsection (h)(3) must include
in aggregate form data collected since the prior report relating to
felony convictions, class A and B misdemeanor convictions and
deferred adjudications for felonies and class A and B misdemeanors.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and
renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 155.008, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 155.008. CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK. (a) The board may submit
to the Department of Public Safety a complete set of fingerprints of
each license applicant, and the department shall classify and check
the fingerprints against those in the department's fingerprint
records. The department shall certify to the board its findings
regarding the criminal record of the applicant or the applicant's
lack of a criminal record.
(b) Each applicant shall submit information to the board
detailing any conviction for a felony or a class A or B misdemeanor
or a deferred adjudication for a felony or class A or B misdemeanor
for a violation relating to:
(1) Medicare, Medicaid or insurance fraud;
(2) the Texas Controlled Substances Act or intoxication
or alcoholic beverage offenses;
(3) sexual or assaultive offenses; and
(4) tax fraud or evasion;
SECTION ____. Section 156.001, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) In addition to the information required by Subsection
(c), a license holder shall submit to the board with the
registration permit renewal application information not reported
on a license application or a previous permit renewal application
relating to a felony conviction, a conviction for a class A or B
misdemeanor or a deferred adjudication or felony offense or a Class
A or B misdemeanor offense for:
(1) Medicare, Medicaid or insurance fraud;
(2) the Texas Controlled Substances Act or intoxication
or alcoholic beverage offenses;
(3) sexual or assaultive offenses; and
(4) tax fraud or evasion.