California Assembly Bill AB470 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 470INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chu (Coauthor: Assembly Member Waldron) FEBRUARY 23, 2015 An act to amend Section 15660 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to social services, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 470, as introduced, Chu. In-home supportive services: fingerprinting. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to conduct background checks, as requested, by employers of in-home supportive services providers. Existing law requires the department to charge a fee to the employer to cover the costs of administering the background check program. This bill would require the above fees to be placed in the IHSS Fingerprint Account, which would be established by the bill. The bill would continuously appropriate those funds to the Department of Justice for use to offset costs incurred in administering the background checks and for maintenance and improvement to the systems from which the information is obtained. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 15660 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read: 15660. (a) The Department of Justice shall secure  any   the  criminal record of a person to determine whether the person has ever been convicted of a violation or attempted violation of Section 243.4 of the Penal Code, a sex offense against a minor, or of  any   a  felony that requires registration pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, or whether the person has been convicted or incarcerated within the last 10 years as the result of committing a violation or attempted violation of Section 273a or 273d, or subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 368, of the Penal Code, or as the result of committing a theft, robbery, burglary, or  any   a  felony, and shall provide a subsequent arrest notification pursuant to Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code, if both of the following conditions are met: (1)  An employer of the person   The person's employer  requests the determination and submits  the person's  fingerprints  of the person  to the Department of Justice. For purposes of this paragraph, "employer" includes, but is not limited to, an in-home supportive services recipient, as defined by Section 12302.2, an aged or disabled adult who is ineligible for benefits under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000), who receives care by a person as described in paragraph (2),  any   a  recipient of personal care services under the Medi-Cal program pursuant to Sections 14132.95 to 14132.97, inclusive, and  any   a  public authority or nonprofit consortium, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 12301.6. (2) The person is unlicensed and provides nonmedical domestic or personal care to an aged or disabled adult in the adult's own home. (b) (1) If it is found that the person has ever been convicted of a violation or attempted violation of Section 243.4 of the Penal Code, a sex offense against a minor, or of  any   a  felony  which   that  requires registration pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, or that the person has been convicted or incarcerated within the last 10 years as the result of committing a violation or attempted violation of Section 273a or 273d, or subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 368, of the Penal Code, or as the result of committing a theft, robbery, burglary, or  any   a  felony, the Department of Justice shall notify the employer of that fact. If no criminal record information has been recorded, the Department of Justice shall provide the employer with a statement of that fact. (2)  Any   An  employer may deny employment to  any   a  person who is the subject of a report under paragraph (1) when the report indicates that the person has committed any of the crimes identified in paragraph (1). (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require  any   an  employer to hire  any   a  person who is the subject of a report under paragraph (1) when the report indicates that the person has not committed any of the crimes indicated in paragraph (1). (c) (1) Fingerprints shall be on a card provided by the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining a set of fingerprints. The employer shall submit the fingerprints to the Department of Justice. Within 30 calendar days of the receipt of the fingerprints, the Department of Justice shall notify the employer of the criminal record information, as provided in this subdivision. If no criminal record information has been recorded, the Department of Justice shall provide the employer with a statement of that fact as soon as possible, but not later than 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of the fingerprints. If new fingerprints are required for processing, the Department of Justice shall, as soon as possible, but not later than 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of the fingerprints, notify the employer that the fingerprints were illegible. (2) Fingerprints may be taken by any local law enforcement officer or agency for purposes of paragraph (1). (3) Counties shall notify any recipient of, or applicant for, in-home supportive services or personal care services under the Medi-Cal program, upon his or her application for in-home supportive services or personal care  services or   services,  during his or her annual redetermination, or upon the recipient's changing providers, that a criminal record check is available, and that the check can be performed by the Department of Justice. (d) (1) The Department of Justice shall charge a fee to the employer to cover the costs of administering this section.  All moneys assessed pursuant to this   subdivision shall be deposited into the IHSS Fingerprint Account, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, funds in the IHSS Fingerprint Account shall be continuously appropriated to the Department of Justice for use to offset costs incurred pursuant to this section, subdivision (e) of Section 12301.6, subdivision (a) of Section 12305.86, and for maintenance and improvement to the systems from which the information is obtained.  (2) (A) If the employer is  an   a recipient of  in-home supportive  services recipient, as defined in Section 123202.2,   services,  a recipient of personal care services under the Medi-Cal program pursuant to Sections 14132.95 to 14132.97, inclusive, or  any   a  public authority or nonprofit consortium as described in subdivision (a) of Section 12301.6,  payment of  the fee shall be shared by the county and the state in the same ratio as described in Section 12306. (B) (i) Notwithstanding any other  provision of  law, and except as provided in clause (ii), the department shall, no later than January 1, 2009, implement subparagraph (A) through an all-county letter from the director. (ii) No later than July 1, 2009, the department shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions listed in subparagraph (A). (e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Justice charge a fee to cover its cost in providing services in accordance with this section to comply with the 30-calendar-day requirement for provision to the department of the criminal record information, as contained in subdivision (c).