HF2780 Summary

• Allows parents to opt for fingerprint-based national criminal history record checks for children ages 13-17 residing with unlicensed or licensed family child care providers, with background studies valid for five years.

• Requires privacy notices to background study subjects informing them that fingerprints are retained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation but not by state agencies, and that photographic images will be retained by the commissioner for identity verification purposes under NETStudy 2.0.

• Mandates that all background study subjects provide classifiable fingerprints and photographs upon implementation of NETStudy 2.0, recorded simultaneously by an authorized vendor and transmitted through a secure system.

• Allows individuals to request destruction of background study information if they have not been affiliated with any entity for two years and have no disqualifying characteristics, with the commissioner to notify the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to request fingerprint destruction from the FBI.

• Directs the commissioner of human services to work with stakeholders to unify background study processes across the Departments of Human Services and Health, health-related licensing boards, and the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, with proposed legislation due in the 2019 session.