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House Study Bill 32

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135C.33, subsection 6, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    6.  a.  The department of inspections and appeals, in
  1  4 conjunction with other departments and agencies of state
  1  5 government involved with criminal history and abuse registry
  1  6 information, shall establish a single contact repository for
  1  7 facilities and other providers to have electronic access to
  1  8 data to perform background checks for purposes of employment,
  1  9 as required of the facilities and other providers under this
  1 10 section.
  1 11    b.  The department may access the single contact repository
  1 12 for any of the following purposes:
  1 13    (1)  To verify data transferred from the department's nurse
  1 14 aide registry to the repository.
  1 15    (2)  To conduct record checks of applicants for employment
  1 16 with the department.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 235A.15, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
  1 18 2001, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1 19    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (17)  To the department of inspections
  1 20 and appeals for purposes of record checks of applicants for
  1 21 employment with the department of inspections and appeals.
  1 22    Sec. 3.  Section 235B.6, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
  1 23 2001, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1 24    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (10)  The department of inspections and
  1 25 appeals for purposes of record checks of applicants for
  1 26 employment with the department of inspections and appeals.  
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill authorizes certain criminal history and abuse
  1 29 record and registry access to the department of inspections
  1 30 and appeals for purposes of data verification and record
  1 31 checks of applicants for employment with the department.
  1 32    Code section 135C.33, relating to the single contact
  1 33 repository administered by the department of inspections and
  1 34 appeals for employment record checks of prospective employees
  1 35 of health care facilities, is amended to authorize the
  2  1 department itself to access the repository for certain
  2  2 purposes.  The access is authorized for the department to
  2  3 verify data transferred to the repository from the
  2  4 department's nurse aide registry and to conduct record checks
  2  5 of applicants for employment with the department.
  2  6    Code section 235A.15, relating to the central child abuse
  2  7 registry, is amended to authorize the department to have
  2  8 access to founded child abuse information for purposes of
  2  9 record checks of applicants for employment with the
  2 10 department.  The bill authorizes, for the same purposes, the
  2 11 department to have access to dependent adult abuse
  2 12 information, other than unfounded information, under Code
  2 13 section 235B.6.  
  2 14 LSB 1147DP 79
  2 15 jp/gg/8.1
     

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