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Committee re-refers bill to ensure background checks reflect NCMEC alerts after daycare abuse case
Summary
House File 2,226, which would allow state background-check processes to show whether an individual has been flagged in the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) alerts, was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee after emotional testimony from families and childcare providers about a local abuse case.
The Minnesota House Children and Families Committee voted to re-refer House File 2,226 to the Judiciary Committee after testimony about gaps in how criminal and civil data is shared with the agencies that perform background studies for people who work with children.
Representative West, sponsor of the bill, framed it as a targeted change to existing background-study procedures that would permit the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and other law-enforcement alert systems to share a minimal flag with the Department of Human Services' background-study unit when an individual appears in an NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) alert because of suspected possession or distribution of child sexual abuse…
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