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IN SB0401
Bill
AI Summary
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Health facilities must obtain a national criminal history background check or expanded criminal history check for employees who will have direct contact with patients within 3 business days of employment.
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Health facilities may not employ persons with direct patient contact who have been convicted of rape, sexual conduct, exploitation of endangered adults, failure to report abuse, or theft (if within 10 years) or substantially equivalent felonies.
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Health facility operators must pay background check fees and may require applicants to pay or reimburse these costs.
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Persons who deny or terminate employment based on criminal history, or who report to or participate in state department of health or nurse aide registry proceedings, are immune from civil and criminal liability.
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Violations of background check requirements constitute a Class A infraction; operating a health facility with disqualifying convictions constitutes a Class A misdemeanor.
Legislative Description
Health facility employee criminal background check. Requires a health facility to obtain a national criminal history background check or an expanded criminal history check for the health facility's employees. Provides immunity to persons for: (1) denying or terminating an individual's employment because of the individual's criminal history; or (2) reporting to or participating in the proceedings of the state department of health or the registry of nurse aides.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
1/8/2018