Section 42.0563 - Pre-Employment Affidavit(a) An applicant for a position with a child-care facility must submit, using a form adopted by the department, a pre-employment affidavit disclosing whether the applicant has ever been charged with, adjudicated for, or convicted of having an inappropriate relationship with a minor. (b) An applicant who answers affirmatively concerning an inappropriate relationship with a minor must disclose in the affidavit all relevant facts pertaining to the charge, adjudication, or conviction, including, for a charge, whether the charge was determined to be true or false. (c) An applicant is not precluded from being employed based on a disclosed charge if the employing entity determines based on the information disclosed in the affidavit that the charge was false. (d) A determination that an employee failed to disclose information required to be disclosed by an applicant under this section is grounds for termination of employment. Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0563
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 58,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.