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HB 412 Child care; Department of Social Services to plan for national background checks for providers.

Introduced by: Richard L. Anderson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Child welfare agencies; criminal history background checks. Directs the Department of Social Services to convene a work group to review current state and federal laws and regulations governing criminal history background checks for child-care providers and to develop a plan for implementation of national fingerprint-based criminal history background checks for all child-care providers in the Commonwealth, and to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2014. This bill incorporates HB 552 and HB 1252 and is identical to SB 639.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Child welfare agencies; criminal history background checks. Establishes a requirement for national criminal history background checks for child welfare agencies, adds crimes requiring registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to the definition of "offense," creates the National Criminal History Background Check Fund to pay costs associated with establishing and administering national criminal history background checks for child welfare agencies, establishes a voluntary registry for child care providers not required to be licensed by the Department of Social Services, and creates a portable background check registry for individuals required to undergo background checks.