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SB 897 Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty.
Introduced by: Jennifer T. Wexton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty. Requires the following individuals to undergo a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check: (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 pursuant to § 63.2-1716, 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 their agents 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, 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. The bill also mandates that all background checks required pursuant to §§ 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1 be completed by September 30, 2017, or by the date specified on any federal waiver obtained by the Commonwealth, and every five years thereafter. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018. The bill further provides that if any provision of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing a corresponding requirement is repealed prior to July 1, 2018, the provision of the bill establishing such requirement shall expire upon the date of such repeal. This bill is identical to HB 1568.
FULL TEXT
- 12/21/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100203D pdf | impact statement
- 01/13/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104091D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB897ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/21/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100203D
- 12/21/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/13/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104091D-S1
- 01/13/17 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/13/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/25/17 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/27/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104091D-S1
- 01/27/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB897S1
- 01/30/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/02/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/17 House: Read first time
- 02/02/17 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/09/17 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/09/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/13/17 House: Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/17 House: Read second time
- 02/15/17 House: Read third time
- 02/15/17 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/15/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/15/17 House: Passed House with amendments (77-Y 22-N)
- 02/15/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (77-Y 22-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB897ER)
- 02/20/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- 02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/24/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 751 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)