Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding background checks conducted by the Department of Health and Welfare.
HEALTH AND WELFARE -- Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding background checks conducted by the Department of Health and Welfare.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
ThisbillisbroughttosatisfytheFederalBureauofInvestigation(FBI)sothatDepartmentofHealthandWelfare (DHW) can continue to conduct background checks. For DHW to conduct background checks with the FBI: 1) a statute must exist as a result of legislative enactment; 2) require fingerprinting of applicants; 3) expressly or implicitly authorize the use of FBI records for screening of applicants; 4) to avoid overbreadth, identify the specific categories of licenses or employees falling with in the law’s purview; 5) not be against (federal) public policy; and 6) not authorize receipt use of confidential criminal history information to a private entity.
HOW THEY VOTED
House Third Reading
YEA (36)
NAY (33)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
LATEST ACTION
Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2026
- Chamber
- house
- Status date
- Feb 9, 2026