Georgia House Bill 608 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-21 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, so as to expand criminal background check requirements for applicants for employment by certain facilities licensed by the Department of Community Health; to revise provisions relating to criminal background checks for directors and employees of personal care homes and employees of nursing homes; to amend Code Section 35-3-33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Crime Information Center, so as to authorize the retaining of certain fingerprint records for continuous monitoring; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Community Health, Department of; criminal background check requirements for applicants for employment by certain licensed facilities; expand

Rep. Penny Houston [R]

Rep. Jan Tankersley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-21	House	House Second Readers
2013-03-20	House	House First Readers
2013-03-14	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/39873
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20132014/134487