HB 621 Summary

• Requires residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to search the internet-based sex offender and child-victim offender database before admitting any individual as a resident.

• Mandates facilities notify local law enforcement agencies and community leaders if a prospective resident is identified as a sex offender in the database.

• Requires facilities to develop protocols establishing three plans when admitting identified sex offenders: a resident supervision plan, a medical emergency plan, and a community engagement plan that allows community input and facility responses to concerns.

• Requires facilities to provide copies of the supervision, emergency, and community engagement plans to notified law enforcement agencies and community leaders, with all medical information redacted.