2005 Senate Bill 774

Mandate adult foster care annual criminal background checks

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 22, 2005

Introduced by Sen. Jim Barcia (D-31)

To require adult foster care facilities 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