SB 577

Abstract

Children's residential facilities; criminal history background checks. Allows a person who is required to undergo a background check as a condition of employment at a children's residential facility to be employed by the children's residential facility pending the results of the check of the central registry of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Department of Social Services, provided that (i) the person has received qualifying results on the fingerprint-based criminal history background check, (ii) the person does not work in the children's residential facility or any other location where children placed in such facility are present, and (iii) such employment is permitted under federal law and regulations. This bill incorporates SB 728.

Children's residential facilities; criminal history background checks. Allows a person who is required to undergo a background check as a condition of employment at a children's residential facility to be employed by the children's residential facility pending the results of all background check components, provided that (i) the person has received qualifying results on the fingerprint-based criminal history background check, (ii) the person does not work in the children's residential facility or any other location where children placed in such facility are present, and (iii) such employment is permitted under federal law and regulations.

Criminal history background checks; children's residential facilities. Provides that a person who is required to undergo a background check as a condition of employment at a children's residential facility may work at such children's residential facility pending the results of all background check components required by this section provided that (i) the applicant has received qualifying results on the fingerprint-based criminal history background check and (ii) the person is supervised at all times by a person who received qualifying results on a background check conducted in accordance with this section within the past five years. Currently, no person who is required to undergo a background check as a condition of employment at a children's residential facility may work at the children's residential facility until the criminal history background check and a check of the central registry of records of child abuse and neglect investigations maintained by the Department of Social Services are complete.