Senate Bill 1082 Summary

• Expands fingerprint clearance card requirements to personnel providing direct services to vulnerable adults, in addition to juveniles, with a compliance deadline of December 31, 2012 for existing employees.

• Adds definition of "vulnerable adult" as referenced in section 46-451 to section 46-141 for fingerprinting purposes.

• Modifies temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) finger imaging program to clarify requirements for adult applicants and recipients and minor parent recipients as eligibility conditions.

• Establishes 36-month purge requirement for finger images after denial or termination of TANF or supplemental nutrition assistance benefits, whichever occurs later.

• Updates supplemental nutrition assistance program (formerly food stamp program) finger imaging procedures to align language and establish same 36-month purge requirement for finger images.