OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200
http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa
sHB-6417
AN ACT REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CERTAIN
EMPLOYEES OF YOUTH CAMPS.
Primary Analyst: ME 3/25/21
Contributing Analyst(s): RDP, DD, AN, ES
Reviewer: PR
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Emergency Services and Public
Protection, Dept.
Applicant
Fingerprint Card
Submission
Account -
Potential Revenue
Gain
None See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Various Municipalities STATE
MANDATE
1
- Potential
Cost
None See Below
Explanation
The bill requires background checks for certain employees of youth
camps resulting in a potential revenue gain to the Applicant
Fingerprint Card Submission Account and a potential cost to
municipalities.
The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
(DESPP) conducts federal background checks for a fee of $13.25 but
1
State mandate is defined in Sec. 2-32b(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, "state
mandate" means any state initiated constitutional, statutory or executive action that
requires a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a
way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues. 2021HB-06417-R000157-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
remits the fee to the federal government resulting in no fiscal impact to
the state. The federal background checks require fingerprinting, which
DESPP conducts for $15 per person resulting in a potential revenue
gain to the Applicant Fingerprint Card Submission Account
2
.
The bill results in costs to municipalities that operate youth camps
that will vary based on 1) the number of background checks they
conduct, and 2) the vendor they use to conduct them. A town that
conducts these background checks via the Department of Emergency
Services and Public Protection would incur a cost of $13.25 per person
for the Federal criminal background check and $15 per person for
fingerprinting. A town that conducts background checks via a third-
party vendor could incur costs of $18 to $20 per person.
A municipality could at least partially offset this cost if it chose to
increase any fees it charges for participation in youth camps.
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is in the process of
implementing an automated Child Abuse and Neglect Registry
system, which will be in place before the bill becomes effective,
therefore, no fiscal impact to the agency is anticipated from the bill.
DCF does not charge a fee for a check of the Registry.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to the number of background checks
and inflation.
2
Funds in the Applicant Fingerprint Card Submission Account are used for IT
support and maintenance for the fingerprinting systems.