§ 42-7.2-18.3. Professional responsibility — Criminal records check for personal care aides.
(a) Any person seeking employment to provide care to elderly individuals or individuals with disabilities who is, or may be required to be, licensed, registered, trained, or certified with the office of Medicaid if that employment involves routine contact with elderly individuals or individuals with disabilities without the presence of other employees, shall undergo a national criminal records check supported by fingerprints. The applicant will report to the office of attorney general bureau of criminal identification to submit their fingerprints. The fingerprints will subsequently be submitted to the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) by the bureau of criminal identification of the office of attorney general. The national criminal records check shall be initiated prior to, or within one week of, employment.
(b) The director of the office of Medicaid may, by rule, identify those positions requiring criminal records checks. The identified employee, through the executive office of health and human services, shall apply to the bureau of criminal identification of the department of attorney general for a national criminal records check. Upon the discovery of any disqualifying information, as defined in § 42-7.2-18.4 and in accordance with the rule promulgated by the secretary of the executive office of health and human services, the bureau of criminal identification of the department of the attorney general will inform the applicant, in writing, of the nature of the disqualifying information; and, without disclosing the nature of the disqualifying information, will notify the executive office of health and human services, in writing, that disqualifying information has been discovered.
(c) An applicant against whom disqualifying information has been found, for purposes of appeal, may provide a copy of the national criminal history check to the executive office of health and human services, which shall make a judgment regarding the approval of the applicant.
(d) In those situations in which no disqualifying information has been found, the bureau of criminal identification of the department of the attorney general shall inform the applicant and the executive office of health and human services, in writing, of this fact.
(e) The executive office of health and human services shall maintain on file evidence that criminal records checks have been initiated on all applicants subsequent to July 1, 2022.
(f) The applicant shall be responsible for the cost of conducting the national criminal records check through the bureau of criminal identification of the department of the attorney general.
History of Section.P.L. 2022, ch. 231, art. 12, § 5, effective July 1, 2022.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-7.2 - Office of Health and Human Services
Section 42-7.2-1. - Statement of intent.
Section 42-7.2-2. - Executive office of health and human services.
Section 42-7.2-3. - Secretary of health and human services — Appointment.
Section 42-7.2-4. - Responsibilities of the secretary.
Section 42-7.2-5. - Duties of the secretary.
Section 42-7.2-6. - Departments assigned to the executive office — Powers and duties.
Section 42-7.2-6.1. - Transfer of powers and functions.
Section 42-7.2-7. - Independent advisory council — Purposes.
Section 42-7.2-8. - Assignment and reassignment of advisory bodies.
Section 42-7.2-9. - Appointment of employees.
Section 42-7.2-10. - Appropriations and disbursements.
Section 42-7.2-11. - Rules and regulations.
Section 42-7.2-12. - Repealed.
Section 42-7.2-12.1. - Repealed.
Section 42-7.2-13. - Severability.
Section 42-7.2-14. - Cooperation of other state executive branch agencies.
Section 42-7.2-15. - Applicability.
Section 42-7.2-16. - Medicaid System Reform 2008.
Section 42-7.2-16.1. - Reinventing Medicaid Act of 2015.
Section 42-7.2-17. - Statutory reference to the office of health and human services.
Section 42-7.2-18. - Program integrity division.
Section 42-7.2-18.1. - Professional responsibility — Criminal records check for high-risk providers.
Section 42-7.2-18.3. - Professional responsibility — Criminal records check for personal care aides.
Section 42-7.2-19. - HIV Care Grant rebate account.
Section 42-7.2-20.1. - ABLE accounts.
Section 42-7.2-20.2. - Definitions.
Section 42-7.2-20.3. - Creation of program.
Section 42-7.2-20.4. - Contributions to be held in trust.
Section 42-7.2-20.5. - Rules and regulations.
Section 42-7.2-20.6. - Tax-exempt earnings.
Section 42-7.2-20.7. - State and local means-tested programs.