Illinois-2019-HB4062-Introduced

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4062

Introduced , by Rep. Margo McDermed

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`325 ILCS 5/3`	`from Ch. 23, par. 2053`
`325 ILCS 5/4`
`325 ILCS 5/4.6 new`

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Adds youth athletic program workers as mandated reporters. Defines "youth athletic program worker" to mean an individual performing services for a youth athletic program including, but not limited to, coaches, doctors, and program employees. Requires a youth athletic program to have a background check performed for each youth athletic program worker by a reputable, licensed third-party vendor. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning children.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act is

5 amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 and by adding Section 4.6

6 as follows:

7 (325 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2053)

8 Sec. 3. As used in this Act unless the context otherwise

9 requires:

10 "Adult resident" means any person between 18 and 22 years

11 of age who resides in any facility licensed by the Department

12 under the Child Care Act of 1969. For purposes of this Act, the

13 criteria set forth in the definitions of "abused child" and

14 "neglected child" shall be used in determining whether an adult

15 resident is abused or neglected.

16 "Agency" means a child care facility licensed under Section

17 2.05 or Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969 and includes

18 a transitional living program that accepts children and adult

19 residents for placement who are in the guardianship of the

20 Department.

21 "Blatant disregard" means an incident where the real,

22 significant, and imminent risk of harm would be so obvious to a

23 reasonable parent or caretaker that it is unlikely that a

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1 reasonable parent or caretaker would have exposed the child to

2 the danger without exercising precautionary measures to

3 protect the child from harm. With respect to a person working

4 at an agency in his or her professional capacity with a child

5 or adult resident, "blatant disregard" includes a failure by

6 the person to perform job responsibilities intended to protect

7 the child's or adult resident's health, physical well-being, or

8 welfare, and, when viewed in light of the surrounding

9 circumstances, evidence exists that would cause a reasonable

10 person to believe that the child was neglected. With respect to

11 an agency, "blatant disregard" includes a failure to implement

12 practices that ensure the health, physical well-being, or

13 welfare of the children and adult residents residing in the

14 facility.

15 "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years, unless

16 legally emancipated by reason of marriage or entry into a

17 branch of the United States armed services.

18 "Department" means Department of Children and Family

19 Services.

20 "Local law enforcement agency" means the police of a city,

21 town, village or other incorporated area or the sheriff of an

22 unincorporated area or any sworn officer of the Illinois

23 Department of State Police.

24 "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate

25 family member, or any person responsible for the child's

26 welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the

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1 child, or a paramour of the child's parent:

2 (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be

3 inflicted upon such child physical injury, by other than

4 accidental means, which causes death, disfigurement,

5 impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or

6 impairment of any bodily function;

7 (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to

8 such child by other than accidental means which would be

9 likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of

10 physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any

11 bodily function;

12 (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense

13 against such child, as such sex offenses are defined in the

14 Criminal Code of 2012 or in the Wrongs to Children Act, and

15 extending those definitions of sex offenses to include

16 children under 18 years of age;

17 (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of

18 torture upon such child;

19 (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment or, in the

20 case of a person working for an agency who is prohibited

21 from using corporal punishment, inflicts corporal

22 punishment upon a child or adult resident with whom the

23 person is working in his or her professional capacity;

24 (f) commits or allows to be committed the offense of

25 female genital mutilation, as defined in Section 12-34 of

26 the Criminal Code of 2012, against the child;

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1 (g) causes to be sold, transferred, distributed, or

2 given to such child under 18 years of age, a controlled

3 substance as defined in Section 102 of the Illinois

4 Controlled Substances Act in violation of Article IV of the

5 Illinois Controlled Substances Act or in violation of the

6 Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,

7 except for controlled substances that are prescribed in

8 accordance with Article III of the Illinois Controlled

9 Substances Act and are dispensed to such child in a manner

10 that substantially complies with the prescription; or

11 (h) commits or allows to be committed the offense of

12 involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a

13 minor, or trafficking in persons as defined in Section 10-9

14 of the Criminal Code of 2012 against the child.

15 A child shall not be considered abused for the sole reason

16 that the child has been relinquished in accordance with the

17 Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.

18 "Neglected child" means any child who is not receiving the

19 proper or necessary nourishment or medically indicated

20 treatment including food or care not provided solely on the

21 basis of the present or anticipated mental or physical

22 impairment as determined by a physician acting alone or in

23 consultation with other physicians or otherwise is not

24 receiving the proper or necessary support or medical or other

25 remedial care recognized under State law as necessary for a

26 child's well-being, or other care necessary for his or her

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1 well-being, including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or

2 who is subjected to an environment which is injurious insofar

3 as (i) the child's environment creates a likelihood of harm to

4 the child's health, physical well-being, or welfare and (ii)

5 the likely harm to the child is the result of a blatant

6 disregard of parent, caretaker, or agency responsibilities; or

7 who is abandoned by his or her parents or other person

8 responsible for the child's welfare without a proper plan of

9 care; or who has been provided with interim crisis intervention

10 services under Section 3-5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987

11 and whose parent, guardian, or custodian refuses to permit the

12 child to return home and no other living arrangement agreeable

13 to the parent, guardian, or custodian can be made, and the

14 parent, guardian, or custodian has not made any other

15 appropriate living arrangement for the child; or who is a

16 newborn infant whose blood, urine, or meconium contains any

17 amount of a controlled substance as defined in subsection (f)

18 of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or a

19 metabolite thereof, with the exception of a controlled

20 substance or metabolite thereof whose presence in the newborn

21 infant is the result of medical treatment administered to the

22 mother or the newborn infant. A child shall not be considered

23 neglected for the sole reason that the child's parent or other

24 person responsible for his or her welfare has left the child in

25 the care of an adult relative for any period of time. A child

26 shall not be considered neglected for the sole reason that the

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1 child has been relinquished in accordance with the Abandoned

2 Newborn Infant Protection Act. A child shall not be considered

3 neglected or abused for the sole reason that such child's

4 parent or other person responsible for his or her welfare

5 depends upon spiritual means through prayer alone for the

6 treatment or cure of disease or remedial care as provided under

7 Section 4 of this Act. A child shall not be considered

8 neglected or abused solely because the child is not attending

9 school in accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of The

10 School Code, as amended.

11 "Child Protective Service Unit" means certain specialized

12 State employees of the Department assigned by the Director to

13 perform the duties and responsibilities as provided under

14 Section 7.2 of this Act.

15 "Near fatality" means an act that, as certified by a

16 physician, places the child in serious or critical condition,

17 including acts of great bodily harm inflicted upon children

18 under 13 years of age, and as otherwise defined by Department

19 rule.

20 "Great bodily harm" includes bodily injury which creates a

21 high probability of death, or which causes serious permanent

22 disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss

23 or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or

24 other serious bodily harm.

25 "Person responsible for the child's welfare" means the

26 child's parent; guardian; foster parent; relative caregiver;

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1 any person responsible for the child's welfare in a public or

2 private residential agency or institution; any person

3 responsible for the child's welfare within a public or private

4 profit or not for profit child care facility; or any other

5 person responsible for the child's welfare at the time of the

6 alleged abuse or neglect, including any person that is the

7 custodian of a child under 18 years of age who commits or

8 allows to be committed, against the child, the offense of

9 involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a

10 minor, or trafficking in persons for forced labor or services,

11 as provided in Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 2012, or

12 any person who came to know the child through an official

13 capacity or position of trust, including but not limited to

14 health care professionals, educational personnel, recreational

15 supervisors, members of the clergy, and volunteers or support

16 personnel in any setting where children may be subject to abuse

17 or neglect.

18 "Temporary protective custody" means custody within a

19 hospital or other medical facility or a place previously

20 designated for such custody by the Department, subject to

21 review by the Court, including a licensed foster home, group

22 home, or other institution; but such place shall not be a jail

23 or other place for the detention of criminal or juvenile

24 offenders.

25 "An unfounded report" means any report made under this Act

26 for which it is determined after an investigation that no

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1 credible evidence of abuse or neglect exists.

2 "An indicated report" means a report made under this Act if

3 an investigation determines that credible evidence of the

4 alleged abuse or neglect exists.

5 "An undetermined report" means any report made under this

6 Act in which it was not possible to initiate or complete an

7 investigation on the basis of information provided to the

8 Department.

9 "Subject of report" means any child reported to the central

10 register of child abuse and neglect established under Section

11 7.7 of this Act as an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect

12 and the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or other

13 person responsible for the alleged victim's welfare who is

14 named in the report or added to the report as an alleged

15 perpetrator of child abuse or neglect.

16 "Perpetrator" means a person who, as a result of

17 investigation, has been determined by the Department to have

18 caused child abuse or neglect.

19 "Member of the clergy" means a clergyman or practitioner of

20 any religious denomination accredited by the religious body to

21 which he or she belongs.

22 "Youth athletic program worker" means an individual

23 performing services for a youth athletic program including, but

24 not limited to, coaches, doctors, and program employees.

25 (Source: P.A. 99-350, eff. 6-1-16; 100-733, eff. 1-1-19.)

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1 (325 ILCS 5/4)

2 Sec. 4. Persons required to report; privileged

3 communications; transmitting false report.

4 (a) The following persons are required to immediately

5 report to the Department when they have reasonable cause to

6 believe that a child known to them in their professional or

7 official capacities may be an abused child or a neglected

8 child:

9 (1) Medical personnel, including any: physician

10 licensed to practice medicine in any of its branches

11 (medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy); resident;

12 intern; medical administrator or personnel engaged in the

13 examination, care, and treatment of persons; psychiatrist;

14 surgeon; dentist; dental hygienist; chiropractic

15 physician; podiatric physician; physician assistant;

16 emergency medical technician; acupuncturist; registered

17 nurse; licensed practical nurse; advanced practice

18 registered nurse; genetic counselor; respiratory care

19 practitioner; home health aide; or certified nursing

20 assistant.

21 (2) Social services and mental health personnel,

22 including any: licensed professional counselor; licensed

23 clinical professional counselor; licensed social worker;

24 licensed clinical social worker; licensed psychologist or

25 assistant working under the direct supervision of a

26 psychologist; associate licensed marriage and family

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1 therapist; licensed marriage and family therapist; field

2 personnel of the Departments of Healthcare and Family

3 Services, Public Health, Human Services, Human Rights, or

4 Children and Family Services; supervisor or administrator

5 of the General Assistance program established under

6 Article VI of the Illinois Public Aid Code; social services

7 administrator; or substance abuse treatment personnel.

8 (3) Crisis intervention personnel, including any:

9 crisis line or hotline personnel; or domestic violence

10 program personnel.

11 (4) Education personnel, including any: school

12 personnel (including administrators and certified and

13 non-certified school employees); personnel of institutions

14 of higher education; educational advocate assigned to a

15 child in accordance with the School Code; member of a

16 school board or the Chicago Board of Education or the

17 governing body of a private school (but only to the extent

18 required under subsection (d)); or truant officer.

19 (5) Recreation or athletic program or facility

20 personnel, including any youth athletic program worker.

21 (6) Child care personnel, including any: early

22 intervention provider as defined in the Early Intervention

23 Services System Act; director or staff assistant of a

24 nursery school or a child day care center; or foster

25 parent, homemaker, or child care worker.

26 (7) Law enforcement personnel, including any: law

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1 enforcement officer; field personnel of the Department of

2 Juvenile Justice; field personnel of the Department of

3 Corrections; probation officer; or animal control officer

4 or field investigator of the Department of Agriculture's

5 Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare.

6 (8) Any funeral home director; funeral home director

7 and embalmer; funeral home employee; coroner; or medical

8 examiner.

9 (9) Any member of the clergy.

10 (10) Any physician, physician assistant, registered

11 nurse, licensed practical nurse, medical technician,

12 certified nursing assistant, licensed social worker,

13 licensed clinical social worker, or licensed professional

14 counselor of any office, clinic, or any other physical

15 location that provides abortions, abortion referrals, or

16 contraceptives.

17 (b) When 2 or more persons who work within the same

18 workplace and are required to report under this Act share a

19 reasonable cause to believe that a child may be an abused or

20 neglected child, one of those reporters may be designated to

21 make a single report. The report shall include the names and

22 contact information for the other mandated reporters sharing

23 the reasonable cause to believe that a child may be an abused

24 or neglected child. The designated reporter must provide

25 written confirmation of the report to those mandated reporters

26 within 48 hours. If confirmation is not provided, those

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1 mandated reporters are individually responsible for

2 immediately ensuring a report is made. Nothing in this Section

3 precludes or may be used to preclude any person from reporting

4 child abuse or child neglect.

5 (c)(1) As used in this Section, "a child known to them in

6 their professional or official capacities" means:

7 (A) the mandated reporter comes into contact with the

8 child in the course of the reporter's employment or

9 practice of a profession, or through a regularly scheduled

10 program, activity, or service;

11 (B) the mandated reporter is affiliated with an agency,

12 institution, organization, school, school district,

13 regularly established church or religious organization, or

14 other entity that is directly responsible for the care,

15 supervision, guidance, or training of the child; or

16 (C) a person makes a specific disclosure to the

17 mandated reporter that an identifiable child is the victim

18 of child abuse or child neglect, and the disclosure happens

19 while the mandated reporter is engaged in his or her

20 employment or practice of a profession, or in a regularly

21 scheduled program, activity, or service.

22 (2) Nothing in this Section requires a child to come before

23 the mandated reporter in order for the reporter to make a

24 report of suspected child abuse or child neglect.

25 (d) If an allegation is raised to a school board member

26 during the course of an open or closed school board meeting

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1 that a child who is enrolled in the school district of which he

2 or she is a board member is an abused child as defined in

3 Section 3 of this Act, the member shall direct or cause the

4 school board to direct the superintendent of the school

5 district or other equivalent school administrator to comply

6 with the requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of

7 child abuse. For purposes of this paragraph, a school board

8 member is granted the authority in his or her individual

9 capacity to direct the superintendent of the school district or

10 other equivalent school administrator to comply with the

11 requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of child

12 abuse.

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if an

14 employee of a school district has made a report or caused a

15 report to be made to the Department under this Act involving

16 the conduct of a current or former employee of the school

17 district and a request is made by another school district for

18 the provision of information concerning the job performance or

19 qualifications of the current or former employee because he or

20 she is an applicant for employment with the requesting school

21 district, the general superintendent of the school district to

22 which the request is being made must disclose to the requesting

23 school district the fact that an employee of the school

24 district has made a report involving the conduct of the

25 applicant or caused a report to be made to the Department, as

26 required under this Act. Only the fact that an employee of the

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1 school district has made a report involving the conduct of the

2 applicant or caused a report to be made to the Department may

3 be disclosed by the general superintendent of the school

4 district to which the request for information concerning the

5 applicant is made, and this fact may be disclosed only in cases

6 where the employee and the general superintendent have not been

7 informed by the Department that the allegations were unfounded.

8 An employee of a school district who is or has been the subject

9 of a report made pursuant to this Act during his or her

10 employment with the school district must be informed by that

11 school district that if he or she applies for employment with

12 another school district, the general superintendent of the

13 former school district, upon the request of the school district

14 to which the employee applies, shall notify that requesting

15 school district that the employee is or was the subject of such

16 a report.

17 (e) Whenever such person is required to report under this

18 Act in his capacity as a member of the staff of a medical or

19 other public or private institution, school, facility or

20 agency, or as a member of the clergy, he shall make report

21 immediately to the Department in accordance with the provisions

22 of this Act and may also notify the person in charge of such

23 institution, school, facility or agency, or church, synagogue,

24 temple, mosque, or other religious institution, or his

25 designated agent that such report has been made. Under no

26 circumstances shall any person in charge of such institution,

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1 school, facility or agency, or church, synagogue, temple,

2 mosque, or other religious institution, or his designated agent

3 to whom such notification has been made, exercise any control,

4 restraint, modification or other change in the report or the

5 forwarding of such report to the Department.

6 (f) In addition to the persons required to report suspected

7 cases of child abuse or child neglect under this Section, any

8 other person may make a report if such person has reasonable

9 cause to believe a child may be an abused child or a neglected

10 child.

11 (g) The privileged quality of communication between any

12 professional person required to report and his patient or

13 client shall not apply to situations involving abused or

14 neglected children and shall not constitute grounds for failure

15 to report as required by this Act or constitute grounds for

16 failure to share information or documents with the Department

17 during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation. If

18 requested by the professional, the Department shall confirm in

19 writing that the information or documents disclosed by the

20 professional were gathered in the course of a child abuse or

21 neglect investigation.

22 The reporting requirements of this Act shall not apply to

23 the contents of a privileged communication between an attorney

24 and his or her client or to confidential information within the

25 meaning of Rule 1.6 of the Illinois Rules of Professional

26 Conduct relating to the legal representation of an individual

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1 client.

2 A member of the clergy may claim the privilege under

3 Section 8-803 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

4 (h) Any office, clinic, or any other physical location that

5 provides abortions, abortion referrals, or contraceptives

6 shall provide to all office personnel copies of written

7 information and training materials about abuse and neglect and

8 the requirements of this Act that are provided to employees of

9 the office, clinic, or physical location who are required to

10 make reports to the Department under this Act, and instruct

11 such office personnel to bring to the attention of an employee

12 of the office, clinic, or physical location who is required to

13 make reports to the Department under this Act any reasonable

14 suspicion that a child known to him or her in his or her

15 professional or official capacity may be an abused child or a

16 neglected child.

17 (i) Any person who enters into employment on and after July

18 1, 1986 and is mandated by virtue of that employment to report

19 under this Act, shall sign a statement on a form prescribed by

20 the Department, to the effect that the employee has knowledge

21 and understanding of the reporting requirements of this Act. On

22 and after January 1, 2019, the statement shall also include

23 information about available mandated reporter training

24 provided by the Department. The statement shall be signed prior

25 to commencement of the employment. The signed statement shall

26 be retained by the employer. The cost of printing,

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1 distribution, and filing of the statement shall be borne by the

2 employer.

3 (j) Persons required to report child abuse or child neglect

4 as provided under this Section must complete an initial

5 mandated reporter training within 3 months of their date of

6 engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated

7 reporter, or within the time frame of any other applicable

8 State law that governs training requirements for a specific

9 profession, and at least every 3 years thereafter. The initial

10 requirement only applies to the first time they engage in their

11 professional or official capacity. In lieu of training every 3

12 years, medical personnel, as listed in paragraph (1) of

13 subsection (a), must meet the requirements described in

14 subsection (k).

15 The trainings shall be in-person or web-based, and shall

16 include, at a minimum, information on the following topics: (i)

17 indicators for recognizing child abuse and child neglect, as

18 defined under this Act; (ii) the process for reporting

19 suspected child abuse and child neglect in Illinois as required

20 by this Act and the required documentation; (iii) responding to

21 a child in a trauma-informed manner; and (iv) understanding the

22 response of child protective services and the role of the

23 reporter after a call has been made. Child-serving

24 organizations are encouraged to provide in-person annual

25 trainings.

26 The mandated reporter training shall be provided through

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1 the Department, through an entity authorized to provide

2 continuing education for professionals licensed through the

3 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the State

4 Board of Education, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training

5 Standards Board, or the Department of State Police, or through

6 an organization approved by the Department to provide mandated

7 reporter training. The Department must make available a free

8 web-based training for reporters.

9 Each mandated reporter shall report to his or her employer

10 and, when applicable, to his or her licensing or certification

11 board that he or she received the mandated reporter training.

12 The mandated reporter shall maintain records of completion.

13 Beginning January 1, 2021, if a mandated reporter receives

14 licensure from the Department of Financial and Professional

15 Regulation or the State Board of Education, and his or her

16 profession has continuing education requirements, the training

17 mandated under this Section shall count toward meeting the

18 licensee's required continuing education hours.

19 (k)(1) Medical personnel, as listed in paragraph (1) of

20 subsection (a), who work with children in their professional or

21 official capacity, must complete mandated reporter training at

22 least every 6 years. Such medical personnel, if licensed, must

23 attest at each time of licensure renewal on their renewal form

24 that they understand they are a mandated reporter of child

25 abuse and neglect, that they are aware of the process for

26 making a report, that they know how to respond to a child in a

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1 trauma-informed manner, and that they are aware of the role of

2 child protective services and the role of a reporter after a

3 call has been made.

4 (2) In lieu of repeated training, medical personnel, as

5 listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), who do not work with

6 children in their professional or official capacity, may

7 instead attest each time at licensure renewal on their renewal

8 form that they understand they are a mandated reporter of child

9 abuse and neglect, that they are aware of the process for

10 making a report, that they know how to respond to a child in a

11 trauma-informed manner, and that they are aware of the role of

12 child protective services and the role of a reporter after a

13 call has been made. Nothing in this paragraph precludes medical

14 personnel from completing mandated reporter training and

15 receiving continuing education credits for that training.

16 (l) The Department shall provide copies of this Act, upon

17 request, to all employers employing persons who shall be

18 required under the provisions of this Section to report under

19 this Act.

20 (m) Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to

21 the Department commits the offense of disorderly conduct under

22 subsection (a)(7) of Section 26-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.

23 A violation of this provision is a Class 4 felony.

24 Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any

25 provision of this Section other than a second or subsequent

26 violation of transmitting a false report as described in the

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1 preceding paragraph, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a

2 first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent

3 violation; except that if the person acted as part of a plan or

4 scheme having as its object the prevention of discovery of an

5 abused or neglected child by lawful authorities for the purpose

6 of protecting or insulating any person or entity from arrest or

7 prosecution, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony for a

8 first offense and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent

9 offense (regardless of whether the second or subsequent offense

10 involves any of the same facts or persons as the first or other

11 prior offense).

12 (n) A child whose parent, guardian or custodian in good

13 faith selects and depends upon spiritual means through prayer

14 alone for the treatment or cure of disease or remedial care may

15 be considered neglected or abused, but not for the sole reason

16 that his parent, guardian or custodian accepts and practices

17 such beliefs.

18 (o) A child shall not be considered neglected or abused

19 solely because the child is not attending school in accordance

20 with the requirements of Article 26 of the School Code, as

21 amended.

22 (p) Nothing in this Act prohibits a mandated reporter who

23 reasonably believes that an animal is being abused or neglected

24 in violation of the Humane Care for Animals Act from reporting

25 animal abuse or neglect to the Department of Agriculture's

26 Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare.

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1 (q) A home rule unit may not regulate the reporting of

2 child abuse or neglect in a manner inconsistent with the

3 provisions of this Section. This Section is a limitation under

4 subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois

5 Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of

6 powers and functions exercised by the State.

7 (r) For purposes of this Section "child abuse or neglect"

8 includes abuse or neglect of an adult resident as defined in

9 this Act.

10 (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-1071, eff. 1-1-19;

11 101-564, eff. 1-1-20.)

12 (325 ILCS 5/4.6 new)

13 Sec. 4.6. Youth athletic program workers. A youth athletic

14 program must have a background check performed for each youth

15 athletic program worker by a reputable, licensed third-party

16 vendor. The background check shall include:

17 (1) Social Security Number to confirm the identity of

18 the individual;

19 (2) driving records if the individual is driving as

20 part of his or her duties with the program;

21 (3) a multijurisdictional State and county criminal

22 records database search; and

23 (4) a federal criminal search.

24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

25 becoming law.