Sec. 17a-227a. State criminal background checks for applicants for employment.
Sec. 17a-227a. State criminal background checks for applicants for employment. (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall require each applicant
for employment in a Department of Developmental Services program that provides
direct services to persons with mental retardation to submit to a check of such applicant's
state criminal background.
(b) The commissioner may require private sector service providers under contract
with or licensed by the department to provide residential, day or support services to
persons with mental retardation, to require each applicant for employment who will
have direct and ongoing contact with persons and families receiving such services to
submit to a check of such applicant's state criminal background. If the department requires such providers to have such applicants submit to such checks, the administrative
costs associated with such checks shall be considered an allowable cost on the annual
cost report.
(c) If such checks are conducted, no applicant shall be hired by the department or
a private sector service provider until the results of such checks are available.
(P.A. 03-203, S. 1; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a),(b).)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Commissioner of Mental Retardation" and "Department of Mental Retardation" were
changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Developmental Services" and "Department of Developmental
Services", effective October 1, 2007.