HB 553-FN-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
29mar01...0295h
2001 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 553-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT requiring background checks for nursing home employees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Downing, Rock 26; Rep. Micklon, Rock 26; Rep. McGuire, Rock 26; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill requires that nursing homes check the criminal record of any new employees, including per diem and temporary employment agency employees.
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29mar01...0295h
01-0367
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT requiring background checks for nursing home employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Criminal Records Check for Nursing Home Employees. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 27 the following new section:
151:27-a Criminal Records Check Required for Nursing Home Employees. Any facility licensed under this chapter as a nursing home shall conduct, through the appropriate law enforcement agency, a review of criminal convictions of any employee, including per diem and temporary employment agency employees, proposed to be hired after the effective date of this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-0367
Revised 2/6/01
HB 553 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring background checks for nursing home employees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill will have an indeterminable impact on state restricted revenues and expenditures and on local revenues and expenditures. There will be no fiscal impact on county revenues or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety, Division of State Police, Criminal Records Bureau charges a $10 fee for an in-state criminal record check. The fees are credited to the Criminal Records Revolving Fund, a non-lapsing fund, which supports activities related to background checks. The Department could not estimate the number of additional record checks that would be conducted. If the number of additional checks is significant, additional clerks would be needed at an annual coat of $21,000-$25,000 each, including benefits.