Bill Text: IA SF553 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to background checks for persons being considered for employment by a child care home and providing access to child abuse information in the child abuse registry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 503. [SF553 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF553-Introduced.html
Senate File 553 - Introduced SENATE FILE 553 BY WAHLS A BILL FOR An Act relating to background checks for persons being 1 considered for employment by a child care home and providing 2 access to child abuse information in the child abuse 3 registry. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2116XS (4) 88 hb/rh
S.F. 553 Section 1. Section 235A.15, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 1 2019, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 2 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (15) To an administrator of a child care 3 home as defined under chapter 237 if the data concerns a person 4 employed or being considered for employment by the child care 5 home. 6 Sec. 2. Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, 7 subparagraph (1), Code 2019, is amended by adding the following 8 new subparagraph division: 9 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (f) The person is being 10 considered by a child care home for employment involving direct 11 responsibility for a child or with access to a child when 12 the child is alone or when the person is employed with such 13 responsibilities. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill relates to background checks for persons being 18 considered for employment by a child care home. 19 Code section 235A.15 grants authorized access to the 20 child abuse registry to certain departments, agencies, and 21 individuals. The bill authorizes access to the child abuse 22 registry to an administrator of a child care home as defined 23 under Code chapter 237 if the data concerns a person employed 24 or being considered for employment by the child care home. 25 Code section 237A.5 requires certain persons being 26 considered for licensure or registration as a child care home 27 to be subject to a record check. Under current law, child care 28 homes are not required to be licensed and registered if the 29 child care home provides care for five or fewer children. The 30 bill provides that a person who is being considered by a child 31 care home for employment involving direct responsibility for 32 a child or with access to a child when the child is alone or 33 when the person is employed with such responsibilities shall 34 be subject to a record check. 35 -1- LSB 2116XS (4) 88 hb/rh 1/ 1
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