Bill Text: IA HF295 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning background checks relating to certain nonregistered child care home providers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Subcommittee, Fry, Bacon, and Dawson. H.J. 362. [HF295 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF295-Introduced.html

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House File 295 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  MASCHER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning background checks relating to certain
  2    nonregistered child care home providers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended by adding the following
  1  3 new subparagraph division:
  1  4    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION.  (f)  The person will reside or
  1  5 resides in a child care home that is not registered under this
  1  6 chapter and that does not receive public funding for providing
  1  7 child care.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph d,
  1  9 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1 10    (2)  Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of a
  1 11 national criminal history check conducted in accordance with
  1 12 subparagraph (1) and the state record checks conducted in
  1 13 accordance with paragraph "c" that are conducted in connection
  1 14 with a person's involvement with a child care center or that
  1 15 are conducted in connection with a person's involvement with
  1 16 a child care home pursuant to paragraph "a", subparagraph (1),
  1 17 subparagraph division (f), are not the responsibility of the
  1 18 department. The department is responsible for the cost of such
  1 19 checks conducted in connection with a person's involvement
  1 20 with a child development home or a child care home pursuant to
  1 21 paragraph "a", subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (e).
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 24 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 25    The bill provides that a person who will reside or who
  1 26 resides in a child care home that is not registered by the
  1 27 department of human services pursuant to Code chapter 237A and
  1 28 that does not receive public funding for providing child care
  1 29 shall be subject to a record check. The bill provides that the
  1 30 department is not responsible for the costs of such records
  1 31 checks.
  1 32    Under Code section 237A.5, the department is required to
  1 33 conduct a criminal and child abuse record check in this state
  1 34 for a person who is subject to a record check under Code
  1 35 chapter 237A and may conduct such a check in other states.
  2  1 In addition, the department may conduct a dependent adult
  2  2 abuse, sex offender registry, or other public or civil offense
  2  3 record check in this state or in other states for a person
  2  4 who is subject to a record check.  In addition, the person's
  2  5 fingerprints shall be provided to the department of public
  2  6 safety for submission through the state criminal history
  2  7 repository to the United States department of justice, federal
  2  8 bureau of investigation for a national criminal history check.
  2  9    Under Code section 237A.1, "child care home" means a person
  2 10 or program providing child care to five or fewer children at
  2 11 any one time that is not registered to provide child care under
  2 12 Code chapter 237A.
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