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Committee briefs technical bill to align fingerprint checks with federal FBI requirements for some DSHS/DCYF positions
Summary
Senate Bill 5318, an agency-request technical bill, would clarify which applicants must submit Washington State Patrol and FBI fingerprint background checks for positions with unsupervised access to vulnerable populations, agency and staff witnesses told the Senate Human Services Committee.
Senate Bill 5318, presented as an agency request bill, would require applicants for certain positions with the Department of Social and Health Services and the Department of Children, Youth and Families who have unsupervised access to vulnerable populations to submit fingerprint background checks through the Washington State Patrol and, in some cases, the FBI, Lisonbee Mendiola, committee staff, told the Senate Human Services Committee.
The staff briefing described the bill as a technical fix to conform state practice to federal FBI requirements for access to the FBI fingerprint background-check…
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