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House Journal: Page 1104: Wednesday, April 9, 1997

adult abuse records checks by requiring checks for employment in
health care facilities and the department of inspections and
appeals, was taken up for consideration.
Brunkhorst of Bremer asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1245 filed by him and Hahn of Muscatine on
March 19, 1997.
Martin of Scott offered the following amendment H-1526 filed by
her and moved its adoption:

H-1526

 1     Amend House File 634 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking page 1, line 5, through page 3,
 3   line 6, and inserting the following:
 4     "1.  On or after Beginning July 1, 1994
1997,  with
 5   regard to new applicants for licensure or employment,
 6   if a person is being considered for licensure under
 7   this chapter, or for employment involving direct
 8   responsibility for a resident or with access to a
 9   resident when the resident is alone, or if the person
10   considered for licensure or employment under this
11   chapter will reside prior to employment of a person
in
12   a facility, the facility may shall request that the
13   department of human services conduct public safety
14   perform criminal and child and dependent adult abuse
15   record checks of the person in this state and in
other
16   states, on a random basis.  In addition, the
facility
17   may request that the department of human services
18   perform a child abuse record check in this state.
19   Beginning July 1, 1994 1997, a facility shall inform
20   all new applicants for employment persons prior to
21   employment of the possibility of regarding the
22   performance of a record check the records checks and
23   shall obtain, from the applicant persons, a signed
24   acknowledgment of the receipt of the information.
25   Additionally, on or after July 1, 1994, a facility
26   shall include the following inquiry in an application
27   for employment:  "Do you have a record of founded
28   child or dependent adult abuse or have you ever been
29   convicted of a crime, in this state or any other
30   state?"  If the person has been convicted of a crime
31   under a law of any state or has a record of founded
32   child or dependent adult abuse, the department of
33   human services shall perform an evaluation to
34   determine whether the crime or founded child or
35   dependent adult abuse warrants prohibition of
36   licensure, employment, or residence in the facility.
37   The evaluation shall be performed in accordance with
38   procedures adopted for this purpose by the department
39   of human services.

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Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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