AB 3039 Summary

• Limits disqualifying criminal convictions for health care facility licensure to directly and adversely related crimes within the preceding 5 years or directly and adversely related violent felonies.

• Authorizes the Department of Social Services to grant exemptions from disqualification for any conviction and prohibits denial based on dismissed charges, diversions, infractions, or convictions for which rehabilitative relief was obtained.

• Requires the department to retain application forms, documents, and criminal history reports for 3 years and publish annual statistics on applicant demographics and criminal history determinations while maintaining individual confidentiality.

• Extends appeal periods for exclusion orders from 15 to 30 days and modifies exclusion duration to 1 year with reinstatement petition eligibility for certain facility workers and foster parents.

• Applies revised criminal background check standards uniformly across community care facilities, residential care facilities, child care centers, and home care aide registries.