(a) In this section, "residential caregiver" has the meaning assigned by Section 532.0157.
(b) A Medicaid provider that provides community-based residential care services to Medicaid recipients through a group home or other residential facility licensed by or operated under the authority of the Health and Human Services Commission is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to an individual who is an applicant for employment or seeking a contract position with the provider as a residential caregiver or who is employed or contracted by the provider as a residential caregiver.