Bill Text: MA S1723 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to dissemination of criminal offender record information to providers of in-home cleaning services
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1723 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1723-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Brian A. Joyce (BY REQUEST)
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to dissemination of criminal offender record information to providers of in-home cleaning services.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Daniel Rose |
44 Pillon Road, Milton, MA 02186 |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to dissemination of criminal offender record
information to providers of in-home cleaning services.
��������������� Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
SECTION 1.� Chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 172I the following section:
Section 172J� Dissemination of criminal offender record information to providers of in-home cleaning services
For the purposes of this section the following term shall have the following meaning: �provider of in-home cleaning services� any individual, corporation, limited liability company, organization or association contracting to provide cleaning services in private residences.
����������� Notwithstanding any provision of section 172, criminal offender information shall be available to any provider of in-home cleaning services, for the purpose of obtaining criminal offender record information on an applicant under final consideration for, or an individual currently employed in, a position that involves the provision of in-home cleaning services.� Any such provider of in-home cleaning services shall obtain conviction and arrest data from the criminal history systems board on an applicant under final consideration for a position that involves the provision in-home cleaning services.� Any provider of in-home cleaning services which obtain information under this section shall prohibit the dissemination of such information for any purpose.
����������� A provider of in-home cleaning services may employ an individual for a position that involves the provision of in-home cleaning services on a conditional basis prior to receiving the results of such individual�s criminal offender record check from the criminal history systems board.� No provider of in-home cleaning services shall be liable for civil damages to any individual so conditionally employed and subsequently discharged by reason of information received as a result of a criminal offender record information check completed pursuant to this section.�
