SB1113 Summary

• Expands background check requirements for healthcare facility operators, employees, applicants, and volunteers to include criminal history, sex offender registry, adult and child abuse records, and certified nurse aide registry checks.

• Defines "background check" to encompass adult abuse perpetrator records, child abuse/neglect records, criminal history records, sex offender registry records, certified nurse aide registry records, and records from other states where individuals previously resided.

• Requires applicants and operators to provide consent for background checks and authorizes the Department of Health to revoke or suspend licenses/certificates or deny applications based on disqualifying information or background check findings that pose risk to residents.

• Extends background check procedures to Department of Health employees, providers, and subcontractors in direct contact with adult, child, or youth clients providing non-witnessed direct mental health or health care services.

• Repeals separate background check statutes (sections 321-484, 321-496, and 333F-22) and consolidates background check requirements under section 321-15.2; effective July 1, 2015.