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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5165 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 4922 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (KID) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT REQUIRING BAC KGROUND CHECKS FOR P ROSPECTIVE |
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| 21 | 21 | | YOUTH CAMP EMPLOYEES . |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) As used in this section, 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | "background check" means an investigation of a prospective employee 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | that includes, but is not limited to, (1) verification of such prospective 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | employee's Social Security number, and (2) a review of (A) the abuse 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | and neglect registry maintained by the Commissioner of Children and 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Families pursuant to section 17a-101k of the general statutes, (B) state 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and national sexual offender registry databases, (C) criminal 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | conviction information obtained through a search of current criminal 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | matters of public record in this state based on the prospective 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | employee's name and date of birth, and (D) any other information that 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | is necessary in order to evaluate the suitability of the prospective 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | employee. 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Each person who conducts or maintains a youth camp, as 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | defined in section 19a-420 of the general statutes, or such person's 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | designee, shall require a prospective employee to submit to a 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | background check prior to extending an offer of employment to such 16 Committee Bill No. 5165 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO 4922 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-05165- |
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| 47 | 47 | | prospective employee. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) Each person who conducts or maintains a youth camp, as 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | defined in section 19a-420 of the general statutes, or such person's 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | designee, shall maintain a paper or electronic copy of any materials 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | obtained during a background check and shall make such records 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | available for inspection upon request of the Office of Early Childhood. 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 54 | 54 | | sections: |
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| 56 | 56 | | Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section |
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| 58 | 58 | | KID Joint Favorable |
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