SB 675

Abstract

Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks; sunset and contingency expiration. Repeals the sunset and contingency expiration of the requirement that the following individuals undergo fingerprint-based national criminal history background checks: (i) applicants for employment by, employees of, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with any licensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensure due to its operation by a religious institution, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii) applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system, as well as agents of such applicants and any adult living in such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employees and volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day center or family day home. This bill is identical to HB 997.

Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminalbackground checks; sunset and contingency expiration. Repealsthe sunset and contingency expiration of the requirement that thefollowing individuals undergo fingerprint-based national criminalhistory background checks: (i) applicants for employment by, employeesof, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with anylicensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensuredue to its operation by a religious institution, registered familyday home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii)applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration asa family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family daysystem, as well as agents of such applicants and any adult livingin such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enterinto a contract with the Department of Social Services under whicha child day center, family day home, or child day program will providechild care services funded by the Child Care and Development BlockGrant Act, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employeesand volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day centeror family day home.