HB 17-1135

HB 17-1135, also known as the "Portability Background Checks Child Care Workers" bill, allows child care workers employed by a licensed facility that is part of a larger organization or school district to use one set of background checks (including fingerprint-based criminal history and abuse/neglect records) for multiple facilities within the same group. This means if a worker moves between different child care centers owned by the same entity, they don’t need to undergo new background checks each time. The bill has been signed into law, so it is now in effect and being implemented.

Official Summary

The bill creates a new provision that allows a child care worker who is employed in a licensed facility that is wholly owned, operated, and controlled by a common ownership group or school district to use a single completed fingerprint-based criminal history record check and a check of the records and reports of child abuse or neglect maintained by the department of human services to satisfy the requirements of the necessary background checks if the employee also works for or transfers to another licensed facility that is owned, operated, or controlled by the same common ownership group or school district, provided all other requirements for employment are met. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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