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HB 1729 Criminal background checks; DBHDS to use for employment of certain persons.
Introduced by: Charles W. Carrico, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Background checks; providers licensed by DBHDS. Allows community services boards and providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to hire for compensation a person who has been convicted of not more than one offense of assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer under § 18.2-57, or an equivalent offense in another if (i) the person has been granted a simple pardon if the offense was a felony committed in Virginia, or the equivalent if the offense was committed in another state; (ii) more than 10 years have elapsed since the conviction; and (iii) 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, notwithstanding the statutory prohibition on employment of a person otherwise convicted of assault and battery.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100805D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104396D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1729ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/26/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100805D
- 01/10/11 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/13/11 House: Assigned HWI sub: #3
- 01/18/11 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/25/11 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
- 01/25/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104396D-H1
- 01/26/11 House: Read first time
- 01/27/11 House: Read second time
- 01/27/11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 11104396D-H1
- 01/27/11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1729H1
- 01/28/11 House: Read third time and passed House (80-Y 15-N)
- 01/28/11 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (80-Y 15-N)
- 01/31/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/11 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/11 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/11 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/11 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/11 House: Enrolled
- 02/17/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1729ER)
- 02/17/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 657 (effective 7/1/11)
- 03/26/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657)