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2007 SESSION
SB 856 Criminal history background checks; providers licensed by DMHMRSAS.
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Background checks; providers licensed by DMHMRSAS. Allows a provider licensed by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to hire for compensation a person who has been convicted of not more than one offense of assault and battery of a police officer under § 18.2-57, or an equivalent offense in another state, if (i) more than five years have elapsed since the conviction, (ii) the hiring provider determines, based upon a screening assessment, that the criminal behavior was substantially related to the applicant's substance abuse and that the person has been successfully rehabilitated and is not a risk to consumers based on his criminal history background and his substance abuse history, and (iii) the law-enforcement agency employing the officer provides a supporting statement relating to the conviction.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078301808 pdf
- 01/22/07 Senate: Printed as engrossed 078301808-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078301808
- 01/08/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/07 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/07 Senate: Read second time
- 01/22/07 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/22/07 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/22/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB856E
- 01/22/07 Senate: Printed as engrossed 078301808-E
- 01/23/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/03/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/07 House: Read first time
- 02/03/07 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/08/07 House: Passed by indefinitely in Health, Welfare and Institutions (14-Y 8-N)