Introduced
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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.
Referred to the Committee on Senior Health, Security, and Retirement
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify which facilities the bill applies to.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 102 to 3 (details)
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.
Referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
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.
Passed in the House 101 to 2 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
