Bill Title: Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Provides that any person providing services as an individual provider under the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program shall submit to a criminal history background check. Requires the Department to promulgate rules that (i) are necessary to implement this provision; and (ii) indicate any condition or circumstance when an individual provider shall be denied employment as a result of the criminal history background check. Defines "individual provider" to mean a person providing services under the Home Services Program who is a personal assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, certified nurse assistant, occupational therapist, physical therapist, or speech therapist and has been privately hired by the customer. Effective June 1, 2015.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB6329 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Joe Sosnowski [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-069	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sheri Jesiel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Anthony [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael McAuliffe [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Unes [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ed Sullivan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Cabello [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-090	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Davidsmeyer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-100	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dwight Kay [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-112	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Norine Hammond [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-094	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David McSweeney [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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