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House approves background‑check measure for subsidized family, friend, neighbor child care
Summary
House Bill 73 would allow the Department of Workforce Services to require criminal background checks on unregulated child‑care providers who receive state subsidies; the bill passed the House amid questions about which misdemeanors would disqualify providers and citations to a DWS committee finding.
The Utah House passed House Bill 73 on Jan. 24 to authorize the Department of Workforce Services to require criminal background checks for unregulated child‑care providers who receive state subsidy payments.
Representative Karen Morgan, sponsor of HB 73, told the chamber the Department found instances where individuals receiving subsidies to provide child care had undisclosed criminal backgrounds. "This legislation allows DWS to require the criminal background checks on unregulated child…
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