HEALTH CARE-BACKGROUND CHECK
Summary
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that the Act applies to all employees, volunteers, interns, unpaid personnel, and agents of comprehensive community mental health centers. Makes conforming changes. Defines the term "comprehensive community mental health center". Changes the definition of "direct care". Allows the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to implement the Act as it relates to comprehensive community mental health centers.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Aug 2024
Introduced Apr 12, 2024
Signed Aug 9, 2024
Floor votes · House May 23, 2024
How they voted
71–38
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 116
May 23, 2024
D
Democratic76
93% Yea
R
Republican40
95% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Aug 9, 2024
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-038-001
lower
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 006-003-000
lower
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
Assigned to Human Services Committee
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 12, 2024
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 055-004-000
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Health and Human Services; 009-000-000
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Health and Human Services
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
Assigned to Health and Human Services
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Assignments
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Laura Murphy
DDemocratic
P
Michelle Mussman
DDemocratic
Co
Rachel Ventura
DDemocratic
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