CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1367Introduced by Senator PanFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to care facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe 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.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1367Introduced by Senator PanFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to care facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1367
Introduced by Senator PanFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Senator Pan
February 21, 2020
An act relating to care facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## 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.
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.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
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.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## 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.
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.
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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