SB 151 Summary

• Establishes criminal history check requirements under AS 47.05.310 prohibiting individuals with crimes inconsistent with department licensing standards from owning entities or working as employees, contractors, or volunteers in licensed facilities.

• Creates new civil history check requirements under AS 47.05.325 prohibiting individuals who are subjects of child-in-need-of-aid petitions or abuse/neglect findings from owning or working in licensed entities.

• Establishes a centralized registry under AS 47.05.330 to identify individuals with substantiated findings of abuse, neglect, exploitation, license revocations, Medicaid sanctions, or similar disqualifying conduct in other states.

• Requires fingerprint submission and criminal history record checks through the Department of Public Safety and FBI for all individuals applying to own or work in licensed entities; allows fingerprint waiver for documented medical/physical conditions.

• Applies civil history requirements to unlicensed entities and individual service providers receiving department payments, making them ineligible for payment if they violate civil history standards.