2005 House Bill 5168

House Roll Call 723: Passed

To require nursing homes, county medical care facilities, hospices, hospitals that provide swing bed services, homes for the aged, or home health agencies to perform criminal background checks on all new employees; and to prohibit a person from working in such a facility if he or she has been convicted of certain crimes, especially those committed against a “vulnerable adult,” or has a record of substantiated complaints regarding abuse of such persons.

102 Yeas / 3 Nays
Republican (52 Yeas / 3 Nays)
Democrat (50 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (4)