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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 436, as passed by the Senate, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, line 8, by striking the word 1 4 "subparagraph" and inserting the following: 1 5 "subparagraphs". 1 6 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 13 the 1 7 following: 1 8 "NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (12) To an administrator of an 1 9 agency certified by the department of human services 1 10 to provide services under a medical assistance home 1 11 and community-based services waiver, if the 1 12 information concerns a person employed by or being 1 13 considered by the agency for employment." 1 14 #3. Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the 1 15 following: 1 16 "Sec. . Section 235B.6, subsection 2, paragraph 1 17 c, Code 1995, is amended by adding the following new 1 18 subparagraph: 1 19 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (5) To an administrator of an 1 20 agency certified by the department of human services 1 21 to provide services under a medical assistance home 1 22 and community-based services waiver, if the 1 23 information concerns a person employed by or being 1 24 considered by the agency for employment. 1 25 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 249A.29 HOME AND 1 26 COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES WAIVER PROVIDERS &endash; RECORDS 1 27 CHECKS. 1 28 1. For purposes of this section unless the context 1 29 otherwise requires: 1 30 a. "Consumer" means an individual approved by the 1 31 department to receive services under a waiver. 1 32 b. "Provider" means an agency certified by the 1 33 department to provide services under a waiver. 1 34 c. "Waiver" means a home and community-based 1 35 services waiver approved by the federal government and 1 36 implemented under the medical assistance program. 1 37 2. If a person is being considered by a provider 1 38 for employment involving direct responsibility for a 1 39 consumer or with access to a consumer when the 1 40 consumer is alone, and if the person has been 1 41 convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child 1 42 or dependent adult abuse, the department shall perform 1 43 an evaluation to determine whether the crime or 1 44 founded abuse warrants prohibition of employment by 1 45 the provider. The department shall conduct criminal 1 46 and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of 1 47 the person in this state and may conduct these checks 1 48 in other states. The record checks and evaluations 1 49 required by this section shall be performed in 1 50 accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose by 2 1 the department. 2 2 3. If the department determines that a person 2 3 employed by a provider has committed a crime or has a 2 4 record of founded abuse, the department shall perform 2 5 an evaluation to determine whether prohibition of the 2 6 person's employment is warranted. 2 7 4. In an evaluation, the department shall consider 2 8 the nature and seriousness of the crime or founded 2 9 abuse in relation to the position sought or held, the 2 10 time elapsed since the commission of the crime or 2 11 founded abuse, the circumstances under which the crime 2 12 or founded abuse was committed, the degree of 2 13 rehabilitation, the likelihood that the person will 2 14 commit the crime or founded abuse again, and the 2 15 number of crimes or founded abuses committed by the 2 16 person involved. The department may permit a person 2 17 who is evaluated to be employed or to continue to be 2 18 employed by the provider if the person complies with 2 19 the department's conditions relating to the 2 20 employment, which may include completion of additional 2 21 training. 2 22 5. If the department determines that the person 2 23 has committed a crime or has a record of founded abuse 2 24 which warrants prohibition of employment, the person 2 25 shall not be employed by a provider." 2 26 #4. Title page, line 1, by striking the words "the 2 27 child abuse registry" and inserting the following: 2 28 "certification and employment provisions involving 2 29 state abuse registries". 2 30 #5. Title page, line 3, by striking the word 2 31 "and". 2 32 #6. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the 2 33 word "employers" the following: ", and requiring 2 34 records checks for purposes of employment by certain 2 35 medical assistance program service providers". 2 36 2 37 2 38 2 39 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES 2 40 DAGGETT of Union, Chairperson 2 41 SF 436.201 76 2 42 jp/jj
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