SS SCS SB 48 -- Family Care Safety Registry

Sponsor:  Sims

This substitute makes various revisions to the Family Care
Safety Act.  In its major provisions, the substitute:

(1)  Adds in-home care providers to the definition of
"elder-care providers";

(2)  Includes child-care providers, elder-care providers, and
personal-care providers in the definition of "employer";

(3)  Includes findings of financial exploitation of the elderly
or disabled and the Department of Mental Health's Employee
Disqualification List in the Family Care Safety Registry
beginning January 1, 2003;

(4)  Exempts non-contracted state employees from the requirement
that child-care, elder-care, and personal-care workers complete
a registration form for the registry after January 1, 2001;

(5)  Adds employers who have contracted with the state to those
subject to a class B misdemeanor for failure to confirm an
employee's registration with the Family Care Safety Registry;

(6)  Requires the department to check for findings of financial
exploitation of the elderly or disabled and inclusion on the
Department of Mental Health's Employee Disqualification List
when a registration form is submitted by a care provider; and

(7)  Allows state-licensed care providers to receive information
from the registry immediately when requested.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 13, 2001 at 2:05 pm