HOME SRVCS-CRIM HISTORY CHECKS

Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Provides that any person providing services as an individual provider under the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program shall submit to a criminal history background check. Requires the Department to promulgate rules that (i) are necessary to implement this provision; and (ii) indicate any condition or circumstance when an individual provider shall be denied employment as a result of the criminal history background check. Defines "individual provider" to mean a person providing services under the Home Services Program who is a personal assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, certified nurse assistant, occupational therapist, physical therapist, or speech therapist and has been privately hired by the customer. Effective June 1, 2015.