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Senate weighs FBI fingerprint checks for childcare providers; bill circled for further work
Summary
Senate Bill 74 would require FBI fingerprint background checks for licensed childcare providers and certain residential certificate holders; sponsors said checks cost $24 each (estimated 4,000 checks, fiscal note ~$133,500); senators raised coverage and cost concerns and circled the bill for more drafting.
Senate Bill 74, presented Jan. 22, 1999 by Senator Swaso, would require FBI fingerprint background checks for employees of childcare providers and for persons applying for residential certificates to provide childcare. The sponsor described the measure as a safety net to assure national background checks in a more mobile population.
The Senate fiscal note cited in…
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