Resolve, To Review the Implementation of the Maine Background Check Center Act
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0934
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: PERRY, CLAXTON, BRENNAN, CRAVEN, MADIGAN

Legislative Document
No. 934
H.P. 689
House of Representatives, February 21, 2019
Resolve, To Review the Implementation of the Maine Background 
Check Center Act
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PERRY of Calais.
Cosponsored by Senator CLAXTON of Androscoggin and
Representatives: BRENNAN of Portland, CRAVEN of Lewiston, MADIGAN of Waterville, 
McCREIGHT of Harpswell.
Sec. 1.  Background check system study.  Resolved:  That the Commissioner 
of Health and Human Services shall convene a study group consisting of representatives 
of child care facilities, child placing agencies, children's residential care facilities, family 
child care providers, nursery schools, hospice providers, home health care providers, 
nursing facilities, personal care agencies and placement agencies, temporary nurse 
agencies, adult day care programs, assisted housing programs, residential care facilities, 
intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, mental health 
services facilities and providers, drug treatment centers and other interested stakeholders 
to assess the effects of the implementation of the system of background checks 
established by the Maine Background Check Center Act.  In conducting the assessment, 
the study group shall consider:
1.  A cost and comprehensiveness comparison to background check systems in other 
states to determine the efficiency of the background check system used in this State;
2.  Any instances of discrimination within the waiver process;
3.  Ways to allow for a background check to travel with an employee from one job to 
another within a 5-year time frame; and
4.  The necessity of subjecting current employees to the background check system 
who were already subject to a background check within the previous 5 years.
Sec. 2.  Report.  Resolved:  That the study group convened pursuant to section 1 
shall develop recommendations regarding improvements to the background check system 
and possible alternatives and options for greater cost-effectiveness.  The Commissioner of 
Health and Human Services shall submit a report regarding the study group's 
recommendations, including any recommended legislation, to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Health and Human Services no later than December 15, 2019.  The 
committee may submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of 
the 129th Legislature. 
SUMMARY
This resolve directs the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to convene a 
study group to assess the effects of the implementation of the system of background 
checks established by the Maine Background Check Center Act.  The commissioner is 
required to submit a report, including any recommended legislation, by December 15, 
2019 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, which may submit 
legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.