Senate Bill 89 Summary

• Requires emergency medical services (EMS) employers to obtain limited criminal history checks from employees who are EMS-certified, effective July 1, 2011.

• New employees hired after June 30, 2011 must provide criminal history from each state where they resided in the prior 5 years before beginning work.

• Current employees hired before July 1, 2011 must provide Indiana criminal history from the state police department by December 31, 2011.

• EMS employers must maintain criminal histories in their primary business office for 5 years and make them available to the emergency medical service commission or Indiana department of homeland security upon request.

• Updates a reference in building code standards from the "Uniform Building Code" to the "Indiana Building Code (675 IAC 13)."