HB 1568 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Child care providers; applicant criminal history background checks, penalty.

Summary
Requires the following individuals to undergo a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check: (i) applicants for employment by, employees of, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with any licensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensure pursuant to § 63.2-1716, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii) applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system, as well as their agents and any adult living in such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employees and volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day center or family day home. The bill also mandates that all background checks required pursuant to §§ 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1 be completed by September 30, 2017, or by the date specified on any federal waiver obtained by the Commonwealth, and every five years thereafter. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018. The bill further provides that if any provision of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing a corresponding requirement is repealed prior to July 1, 2018, the provision of the bill establishing such requirement shall expire upon the date of such repeal. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Feb 2017
Introduced Jan 2, 2017 Signed Feb 23, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Feb 23, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 6, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (73-Y 21-N)
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1568E
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Orrock agreed to
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 19, 2017
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
legislature
Jan 19, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
legislature
Jan 2, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101350D
legislature
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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