Amend CSSB 6 in Article 1 of the bill by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION 1.__.  (a)  Section 42.056, Human Resources Code, is 
amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (d), (e), and (f) and amending 
Subsection (b) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  In accordance with rules adopted by the executive 
commissioner, the director, owner, or operator of a residential 
child-care facility shall submit to the department for use in 
conducting background and criminal history checks the name of each 
prospective employee who will provide direct care or have direct 
access to a child in the residential child-care facility.
	(b)  The department shall conduct background and criminal 
history checks using:
		(1)  the information provided under Subsections 
[Subsection] (a) and (a-1);
		(2)  the information made available by the Department of 
Public Safety under Section 411.114, Government Code, and [or] by 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other criminal justice 
agency under Section 411.087, Government Code; and
		(3)  the department's records of reported abuse and 
neglect.                
	(d)  A person described by Subsection (a) or (a-1) may not 
provide direct care or have direct access to a child in a 
residential child-care facility before completion of the person's 
background check and criminal history check.
	(e)  The department shall provide the results of a background 
or criminal history check conducted under this section regarding a 
prospective employee to a director, owner, or operator of a 
residential child-care facility within 24 hours.  If the 
residential child-care facility does not receive the results of the 
background or criminal history check within that time, the facility 
may obtain that information for the facility's employee, 
subcontractor, or volunteer directly from the Department of Public 
Safety.  If the information obtained verifies that the person does 
not have a criminal record, the facility may allow the person to 
have unsupervised client contact until the department has performed 
the department's own criminal history check and notified the 
facility.
	(f)  As part of a background check under this section, the 
department shall provide any relevant information available in the 
department's records regarding a person's previous employment in a 
residential child-care facility to the person submitting the 
request.
	(b)  The director, owner, or operator of a residential 
child-care facility shall begin providing information to the 
Department of Family and Protective Services as required by 
Subsection (a-1), Section 42.056, Human Resources Code, as added by 
this section, as soon as possible after the effective date of this 
section and not later than January 1, 2006.