HLTH CR WRKRS BCKGRD-VIOLATION
Summary
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that no health care employer shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain an individual in a position with duties involving direct access to (rather than direct care for) clients, patients, or residents who have been convicted of committing or attempting to commit specified offenses. Provides that to do so is a business offense. Provides that an employee that willfully provides false, incomplete, or intentionally misleading information with regard to being hired by a health care employer is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2003
Committee Review
May 2003
House Passage
Mar 2003
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2003
Last action Jan 11, 2005
Floor votes · House Mar 27, 2003
How they voted
103–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 106
Mar 27, 2003
D
Democratic59
94% Yea
R
Republican47
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
6
May 14, 2003
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 2, 2003
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 27, 2003
Amended
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a)
lower
Mar 27, 2003
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (103-1-2)
house
Mar 26, 2003
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 25, 2003
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
lower
Mar 20, 2003
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 20, 2003
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
lower
Mar 20, 2003
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 20, 2003
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
lower
Mar 13, 2003
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000
lower
Mar 13, 2003
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 13, 2003
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2003
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2003
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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