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Lawmakers hear push to fund Rap Back background-check enrollment to reduce delays
Summary
Witnesses urged the House Committee on Judiciary to fund House Bill 3,239 so Oregon can enroll in the FBI Rap Back service to reduce background-check delays that slow hiring for caregivers and other service providers; agency witnesses outlined implementation variables and initial cost uncertainties.
The House Committee on Judiciary heard testimony Feb. 11 on House Bill 3,239, which would appropriate general-fund money to the Oregon Department of Human Services and other agencies to enroll in the federal Rap Back program and to subsidize background-check costs for employees. Supporters said Rap Back would reduce multi-week delays in both initial and rechecks that currently slow hiring for caregivers and other providers.
Representative Nancy Nathanson, the bill sponsor, told the committee that long wait times for background checks — sometimes three to four weeks — prevent caregivers from starting jobs and can delay services to older adults or people recently discharged from hospitals. Nathanson said Oregon…
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