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IN SB0350
Bill
AI Summary
SB 350 Summary
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Eliminates the fee that the Department of State Police charges for limited criminal history record requests made by specified nonprofits, schools, state agencies, professional licensing boards, churches, and postsecondary institutions, effective July 1, 2016.
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Modifies background check requirements for home health agencies and personal services agencies to require a national or expanded criminal history check (instead of limited criminal history) for employees, unless the employee has never lived outside Indiana.
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Establishes a 3 business day deadline for agencies to apply for national or expanded criminal history checks after hiring an employee, with an additional requirement to apply within 3 days of discovering an employee previously lived outside Indiana.
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Prohibits home health agencies and personal services agencies from employing a person for more than 3 business days without applying for required background checks, and limits employment to 21 calendar days without receiving the completed background check results.
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Repeals the statutory definition of "limited criminal history" in IC 16-27-2-1.5 and relocates related definitions to consolidate criminal history background check provisions.
Legislative Description
Criminal history background checks for home health workers. Requires a home health agency or personal services agency to obtain a national criminal history background check or an expanded criminal history check on employees. (Current law requires a limited criminal history record unless certain circumstances exist that would require a national criminal history background check or an expanded criminal history check.)
Last Action
Public Law 51
3/21/2016