An Act To Require a Criminal Background Check for the Initial Licensure of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Net Cost (Savings) General Fund Revenue General Fund Fiscal Detail and Notes
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1018
Committee Amendment CA_A_H472 (House)

Clerk of 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "n" to H.P. 702, L.D. 1018, Bill, "An 
Act 
To 
Require 
a 
Criminal 
Background Check 
for 
the Initial 
Licensure of Emergency Medical Services Personnel" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 3 by striking out 
all of the blocked paragraph (page 1, lines 28 and 29 in L.D.) 
and inserting in its place the following: 
'The 
board shall obtain criminal history 
record 
information 
containing a record of conviction data from the Maine Criminal 
Justice 
Information 
System 
for 
an applicant 
seeking initial 
licensure under this subsection. 
Information obtained pursuant 
to this subsection is confidential and may be used only to 
determine 
suitability for 
initial issuance 
of 
a 
license 
to 
provide 
emergency medical services. 
The 
results of cr imine.l 
history record checks received by the board are for official use 
only 
and 
may 
not 
be 
disseminated outside 
the 
board. 
The 
applicant 
for 
initial 
licensure 
shall 
pay 
the 
expense 
of 
obtaining the information required by this subsection.' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 4 
by 
striking out all of the last blocked paragraph (page 2, lines 10 
and 11 in L.D.) and inserting in its place the following: 
. A criminal history record check for information containing a 
record 
of 
conviction 
data 
from 
the 
Maine 
Criminal 
Justice 
Information 
System 
is 
not 
required 
for 
the 
relicensing 
of 
emergency medical services personnel.' 
Page l-LR1858(2) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
",'" 
'". 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A 
.. to H.P. 702, L.D. 1018 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the 
following: 
'Sec. 3. Application. 
A person 
who 
received 
an 
initial 
license 
to 
provide 
emergency 
medical 
services 
for 
whom 
the 
Emergency Medical Services' 
Board has never obtained criminal 
history record information containing a record of conviction data 
from the Maine Criminal Justice Information System must submit to 
a criminal history record check at the time of license renewal.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing 
Commi ttee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. 
The amendment 
clarifies what is intended by a criminal history record check and 
conforms the language and the process to other statutes regarding 
the use of criminal history record information for employment or 
licensing 
purposes. 
In 
order 
to 
ensure 
that all 
licensed 
emergency medical services providers are subject to a criminal 
history record check, 
the amendment also specifies that those 
persons who already have a license to provide emergency medical 
services but never had 
a 
criminal history record check must 
submi t 
to a check at the time they apply for license renewal. 
Applicants who are subject to a criminal history record check at 
initial licensure are not subject to a check at renewal. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 04/28/05 frae 
LD 1018 
LR 1858(02) 
An Act To Require a Criminal Background Check for the Initial Licensure of Emergency Medical 
Services Personnel 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$14,700 
($14,700) 
Projections 
2007-08 
$25,200 
($25,200) 
Projections 
2008-09 
$25,200 
($25,200) 
Limiting criminal background checks to the initial licensure of emergency medical services personnel will result in the 
estimated annual loss of $25,200 in General Fund revenue currently collected by the Department of Public Safety from 
background checks conducted on renewallicensures. However, requiring that those persons previously licensed as 
emergency medical services personnel that did not have a criminal background check conducted at the time of initial 
licensure must obtain a background check at the time of relicensing will completely offset this revenue loss for fiscal 
year 2005-06 and reduce the revenue loss for fiscal year 2006-07 by an estimated $10,500. 
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