HB4541ham005 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 3/23/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4541

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4541, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 1 as follows:

on page 6, by replacing lines 4 through 17 with the following:

"Any person providing services as a personal assistant or an individual provider under the Department's Home Services Program shall submit to a criminal history background check. The Department shall promulgate rules that (i) are necessary to implement this provision; and (ii) indicate any condition or circumstance when a personal assistant or individual provider shall be denied employment as a result of the criminal history background check. For purposes of this paragraph, "individual provider" means 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.".