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House approves background-check database for direct-care workers to ease repeated FBI checks
Summary
Second substitute to House Bill 4 97 creates a background-check registry for people with direct patient access so employers need not repeat FBI checks when a worker moves between facilities; the House passed the substitute 71–0.
The House adopted a second substitute to House Bill 4 97 that establishes a background-check process and database for direct-care providers who have direct access to patients in nursing homes, residential care facilities, home-health and hospice agencies.
Representative Last, speaking for the bill, said the measure would reduce repeated FBI checks when an individual changes employers. Under the plan, an initial FBI background check would feed into a database; subsequent employers could check that database, and facilities would be notified if any new disqualifying information appeared. The sponsor and stakeholders, including nursing homes, supported the measure and agreed the change should be revenue-neutral after fee adjustments.
The chamber substituted in a second version to address fiscal-model issues, and the second substitute was approved on a voice vote. The second substitute received a roll-call final vote of 71–0, and the bill will be transmitted to the Senate.
