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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. SINGLE CONTACT REPOSITORY. There is 1 2 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 1 3 department of general services, division of information 1 4 technology services, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1 5 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the following amounts, or so 1 6 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 1 7 designated: 1 8 1. For development and other start-up costs to establish a 1 9 single contact repository implementing the provisions of this 1 10 Act: 1 11 .................................................. $ 277,000 1 12 2. For operational costs of the single contact repository 1 13 in FY 1998-1999: 1 14 .................................................. $ 46,200 1 15 The department of inspections and appeals shall provide 1 16 direction to the division for implementation of the single 1 17 contact repository. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 135C.33, Code Supplement 1997, is amended 1 19 by adding the following new subsection 1 and renumbering the 1 20 succeeding subsections: 1 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 1. For the purposes of this section, in 1 22 addition to the meaning defined for this chapter, "facility" 1 23 or "facility licensed under this chapter" includes all of the 1 24 following: 1 25 a. An elder group home certified under chapter 231B. 1 26 b. An assisted living facility certified or voluntarily 1 27 accredited under chapter 231C. 1 28 c. A provider of homemaker, home-health aide, home-care 1 29 aide, or adult day care services. 1 30 d. A hospice. 1 31 e. A provider of services under a federal medical 1 32 assistance home and community-based services waiver. 1 33 Sec. 3. Section 135C.33, Code Supplement 1997, is amended 1 34 by adding the following new subsection: 1 35 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The department of inspections and 2 1 appeals, in conjunction with other departments and agencies of 2 2 state government involved with criminal history and abuse 2 3 registry information, shall establish a single contact 2 4 repository for facilities licensed under this chapter to have 2 5 electronic access to data to perform background checks for 2 6 purposes of employment. 2 7 Sec. 4. Section 692A.13, Code 1997, is amended by adding 2 8 the following new subsection: 2 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. The department shall provide 2 10 information for purposes of the single contact repository 2 11 established pursuant to section 135C.33, in accordance with 2 12 rules adopted by the department. 2 13 EXPLANATION 2 14 This bill relates to employment background checks by health 2 15 care facilities and services and creates a single contact 2 16 repository for access to data to obtain background 2 17 information. In addition, the bill provides an appropriation 2 18 to the department of general services for initial and 2 19 operating costs for the repository. 2 20 Code section 135C.33, relating to required abuse 2 21 information and criminal records checks for employment in 2 22 health care facilities licensed under Code chapter 135C, is 2 23 amended to require the checks of employees of elder group 2 24 homes, certified or accredited assisted living facilities, 2 25 providers of homemaker, home-health aide, home-care aide, and 2 26 adult day care services, hospices, and providers of services 2 27 under a federal medical assistance home and community-based 2 28 waiver services. 2 29 The bill directs the department of inspections and appeals 2 30 to work with other departments of state government in 2 31 establishing a single contact repository for these facilities 2 32 to electronically access data for performing the background 2 33 checks. 2 34 Code section 692A.13 is amended to direct the department of 2 35 public safety to provide sex offender registry information as 3 1 part of the single contact repository. 3 2 LSB 4333HC 77 3 3 jp/jl/8
Text: HSB00685 Text: HSB00687 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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