Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding background checks conducted by the Department of Health and Welfare.

ThisbillisbroughttosatisfytheFederalBureauofInvestigation(FBI)sothatDepartmentofHealthandWelfare (DHW) can continue to conduct background checks. For DHW to conduct background checks with the FBI: 1) a statute must exist as a result of legislative enactment; 2) require fingerprinting of applicants; 3) expressly or implicitly authorize the use of FBI records for screening of applicants; 4) to avoid overbreadth, identify the specific categories of licenses or employees falling with in the law’s purview; 5) not be against (federal) public policy; and 6) not authorize receipt use of confidential criminal history information to a private entity.