HB 1681-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Provides for a representative from a for-profit entity that primarily serves children or vulnerable adults, and a representative of an organization that serves as a clearinghouse for other nonprofit organizations in the state and that recruits volunteers and trains nonprofit boards of directors.

Provides for a representative selected by the state's long-term care ombudsman.

Requires the task force to determine what is the feasibility of establishing a state registration program for private youth sports coaches under which some or all of such persons are required to obtain and disclose to prospective clients and employers a copy of the results of their fingerprint-based criminal background checks.

Requires a review of the practices of the department of social and health services with respect to checking the backgrounds of its employees, applicants for employment, and candidates for promotion.

Provides that the task force shall report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by December 31, 2005.