West Virginia Senate Bill 590 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-14 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this article is to require background checks for individuals who have direct access to residents, members or beneficiaries of covered providers participating in the West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening program. The bill defines terms. The bill requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to develop a plan and a program for conducting background checks. The bill requires a centralized database to maintain criminal history record information and results. The bill establishes a prescreening process conducted by covered providers. The bill requires applicants to provide fingerprints and undergo a criminal background check. The bill establishes procedures and criteria for obtaining and reviewing criminal history record information. The bill establishes criteria for approving applicants as covered individuals. The bill authorizes contractors and fees. The bill creates a special revenue account for administrative fees. The bill provides for protests of the secretary’s decisions and permitting variances. The bill creates exceptions. The bill authorizes legislative rules. The bill provides monetary penalties. The bill provides for civil and criminal immunity.

Creating Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act

Sen. Ron Stollings [D]

Sen. Corey Palumbo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-14	Senate	To Judiciary
2014-02-14	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2014-02-14	Senate	To Judiciary then Finance
2014-02-14	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB4537 (Similar To) 2014-03-04 - On 2nd reading to Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	46	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	4	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	5	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	6	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	7	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	8	New Code	See Bill Text
16	46	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=590&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb590%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=590