Bill Text: CA SB1367 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: Home care aid applicant: criminal history.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-25 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1367 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB1367-Introduced.html


CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1367


Introduced by Senator Pan

February 21, 2020


An act relating to care facilities.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1367, as introduced, Pan. Presence in care facilities: prohibition for conviction of crimes: exemption.
The California Community Care Facilities Act generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate various types of care facilities, including community care facilities, licensed foster family homes, or certified family homes, and their employees or other caregivers in those facilities, and generally makes violations of these requirements a crime. The act requires the department to secure from an appropriate law enforcement agency a criminal record to determine whether an applicant or specified persons under these provisions have been convicted of a crime, and prohibits the department from approving applicants who have committed specified crimes. The act authorizes the department to grant an exemption from disqualification under these provisions if the department has substantial and convincing evidence to support a reasonable belief that the person is of good character, unless the person was convicted of certain crimes.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to modify the process for an individual who has a criminal record for specific types of nonviolent offenses committed over 10 years ago to acquire a community care license by providing information other than a character reference, including, but not limited to, their employment history or evidence of completing educational goals.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to modify the process for an individual who has a criminal record for specific types of nonviolent offenses committed over 10 years ago to acquire a community care license by providing information other than a character reference, including, but not limited to, their employment history or evidence of completing educational goals.
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