SB60 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Sections 38-13-2, 38-13-3, 38-13-4, and 38-13-7 to clarify criminal background check procedures for individuals working with children, elderly persons, and individuals with disabilities

• Allows permissive prosecution of individuals who inadvertently provide false information about criminal history on background check statements, with penalties of up to $2,000 fine and one year imprisonment for intentional falsification

• Clarifies which Department of Human Resources employees require criminal history background checks, limiting the requirement to those with unsupervised access to vulnerable populations as an essential job function

• Eliminates requirements for the Department of Human Resources to request criminal background information from the Department of Education and clarifies transmission procedures for criminal history reports between the Department of Public Safety and Department of Human Resources

• Restricts reversal of unsuitability determinations to convictions that are not for sex crimes or crimes against children, elderly individuals, or individuals with disabilities; establishes 10-year waiting period for felonies and 5-year period for misdemeanors before considering reversal requests based on demonstrated rehabilitation