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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1842 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5306 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1842 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on AGING | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING LONG -TERM CARE FACILITY EMPLOYEE | |
| 19 | 19 | AND VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CHECKS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That section 19a-491c of the general statutes be amended to require 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | that each long-term care facility, prior to extending an offer of 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | employment to, or entering into a contract for the provision of long-term 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | care services with, any individual, or prior to allowing any individual 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | to begin volunteering at such long-term care facility, require that such 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | individual submit to a background search, regardless of whether such 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | individual will have direct access to patients or residents. 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To prevent elder abuse by requiring all prospective employees and | |
| 32 | 32 | volunteers of long-term care facilities to submit to background checks. |