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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATIONS
CONDUCTED
BY
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
217.45
Background
investigations.
1.
A
background
investigation
may
be
conducted
by
the
department
of
human
services
on
all
of
the
following
individuals:
a.
An
applicant
for
employment
with
the
department.
b.
A
contractor,
vendor,
or
employee
performing
work
for
the
department
with
access
to
federal
tax
information
used
for
purposes
of
the
department.
2.
An
individual
subject
to
this
section
shall
authorize
the
release
of
the
results
of
all
of
the
following:
a.
A
work
history.
b.
A
state
criminal
history
background
check.
c.
A
national
criminal
history
check
through
the
federal
bureau
of
investigation.
3.
An
individual
subject
to
this
section
shall
provide
the
individual’s
fingerprints
to
the
department.
The
department
shall
request
the
national
criminal
history
check
and
shall
provide
the
individual’s
fingerprints
to
the
department
of
public
safety
for
submission
through
the
state
criminal
history
repository
to
the
federal
bureau
of
investigation.
4.
The
department
shall
pay
the
actual
cost
of
the
fingerprinting
and
the
national
criminal
history
check,
if
any,
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unless
otherwise
agreed
to
as
part
of
a
vendor
contract
or
other
contract
with
the
department.
5.
A
contractor,
vendor,
or
employee
performing
work
for
the
department
with
access
to
federal
tax
information
used
for
purposes
of
the
department
may
be
subject
to
a
background
investigation
by
the
department
at
least
once
every
ten
years
after
the
date
of
the
initial
contract
with
the
contractor
or
vendor
or
initial
date
of
hire
of
the
employee.
6.
The
results
of
background
investigations
conducted
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
not
be
considered
public
records
under
chapter
22.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
547,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor