HEALTH Nursing Homes Employee Record Checks: Change Certain Definitions; Define Additional Terms; Change the Provisions Relating to Request for a Criminal Record Check with Respect to an Applicant for Employment in a Nursing Home; Provide That a Nursing Home Shall Make a Written Determination for Each Applicant for Whom a Criminal Record Check Is Performed; Provide That a Nursing Home Shall Not Employ a Person with an Unsatisfactory Determination; Provide That a Nursing Home That Hires an Applicant for Employment with a Criminal Record Shall Be Subject to Civil Penalties; Provide for the Amount of Civil Penalties and Conditions for the Assessment of Such Penalties
Motto, Anne-Marie
Abstract
The Act requires that nursing homes perform a criminal records check before hiring any new employee. The Act also prohibits a nursing home from hiring anyone with an unsatisfactory determination and provides for penalties of $500 per day for each day that the nursing home employs anyone with a criminal record.