2023 House Bill 4045 / Public Act 23

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bills 4045 and 4069 are substantively identical and would each create a new act, called the Volunteer Employee Criminal History System Act, to do all of the following: • Require the Department of State Police (MSP) to develop and administer the Volunteer Employee Criminal History System program. • Authorize certain businesses or organizations to request of MSP, and authorize MSP to conduct, a national and state criminal history record check of individuals applying for employment or to volunteer with the business or organization who have or may have access to a child, elderly individual, or individual with a disability for whom the business or organization provides care or care placement services. • Allow those businesses or organizations to require employees or volunteers to submit their fingerprints for a criminal history record check. • Allow those businesses or organizations to participate in a Rap Back program. • Allow MSP to charge a fee for conducting a criminal history record check. .