HF 2056 (LSB 5054HH (2) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2056

BY  MASCHER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the requirements for national criminal history record checks for child care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph d, subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  For a person subject to a record check, in addition to any other record check conducted pursuant to this subsection, the person’s fingerprints shall be provided to the department of public safety for submission through the state criminal history repository to the United States department of justice, federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history check. The department may adopt rules specifying criteria in the public interest for requiring the national criminal history check shall of a person to be repeated every four years.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the requirements for national criminal history record checks for certain child care providers.
   Under current law in Code section 237A.5, relating to child care personnel, a national criminal record check is required for persons being considered for child care licensure or registration, for employment in child care, for receiving public funding for providing child care, or for residing in a child care facility or child care home receiving public funding. For the period beginning on and after January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2013, the national criminal record check requirement only applies to licensed child care centers and to child development home providers who voluntarily license.
   The bill replaces a requirement for repeating the national criminal check requirement every four years with an authorization for the department of human services to adopt rules specifying criteria in the public interest for requiring the national check of a person to be repeated.