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HB1568

Child care providers; applicant criminal history background checks, penalty.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Bobby Orrock (R)

Session:
2017 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty.

Requires the following individuals to undergo a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check: (i) applicants for employment by, employees of, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with any licensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensure pursuant to § 63.2-1716, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii) applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system, as well as their agents and any adult living in such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employees and volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day center or family day home. The bill also mandates that all background checks required pursuant to §§ 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1 be completed by September 30, 2017, or by the date specified on any federal waiver obtained by the Commonwealth, and every five years thereafter. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018. The bill further provides that if any provision of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing a corresponding requirement is repealed prior to July 1, 2018, the provision of the bill establishing such requirement shall expire upon the date of such repeal. This bill is identical to SB 897. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/02/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101350D
  • 01/02/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 01/13/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1568)
  • 01/19/2017 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (16-Y 6-N)
  • 01/19/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 01/19/2017 - House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
  • 01/24/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 01/30/2017 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
  • 02/01/2017 - House: Read first time
  • 02/02/2017 - House: Read second time
  • 02/02/2017 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 02/02/2017 - House: Amendment by Delegate Orrock agreed to
  • 02/02/2017 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1568E
  • 02/02/2017 - House: Printed as engrossed 17101350D-E
  • 02/03/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 21-N)
  • 02/03/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 21-N)
  • 02/03/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1568E)
  • 02/06/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/06/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
  • 02/10/2017 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N)
  • 02/13/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/14/2017 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/14/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2017 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/16/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1568ER)
  • 02/16/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1568ER)
  • 02/16/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/17/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/17/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
  • 02/17/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
  • 02/23/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/17)
  • 02/23/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)

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