BILL NUMBER: SB 618	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   934
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 30, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 9, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 26, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 5, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Chesbro
   (Coauthor:  Senator Speier)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act to amend Section 1596.8713 of, and to add Section 1596.8714
to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 618, Chesbro.  Child care facilities:  fingerprinting and
criminal record information:  fees.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of child
day care facilities by the State Department of Social Services.
Existing law requires an applicant and other specified persons to
submit fingerprints to the department and permits the department to
obtain a criminal record of these persons.  Existing law, effective
January 1, 2000, prohibits a fee from being charged by the Department
of Justice and the State Department of Social Services for the
processing of fingerprints, or for obtaining certain criminal records
of certain categories of persons including volunteers who have
contact with the children.
   This bill would limit the prohibition on fees being charged for
the processing of fingerprints or for the obtaining of certain
criminal records to volunteers at a child care facility who are
required to be fingerprinted.  It would prohibit the charging of fees
for these purposes between January 1, 2000 and July 1, 2000, and
would prohibit the charging of fees after that date if funds for
those purposes are appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
   The bill would also require the State Department of Social
Services, on or before March 1, 2000, to convene a workgroup
consisting of representatives of various groups to review current
criminal background check requirements and processes for screening
care providers that would study and make recommendations concerning
improving the coordination of the different populations who are
required to undergo multiple criminal background checks, methods to
reduce the costs, and expedite the process of conducting criminal
background checks.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1596.8713 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   1596.8713.  (a) The Department of Justice may charge a fee
sufficient to cover its costs in providing services in accordance
with Section 1596.871 to comply with the 14-day requirement for
provision to the department of the criminal record information, as
contained in subdivision (c) of Section 1596.871.
   (b) (1) Between January 1, 2000, and July 1, 2000, no fee shall be
charged by the Department of Justice or the State Department of
Social Services for the processing of fingerprints, excluding the
rolling fees; or for obtaining a California or Federal Bureau of
Investigation criminal record, of a volunteer at a child care
facility who is required to be fingerprinted pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 1596.871.
   (2) On or after July 1, 2000, no fee shall be charged for the
purposes specified in paragraph (1) if funds for those purposes are
appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
   (3) For purposes of this subdivision, "volunteer" means a person
who provides services at a child care facility and does not receive
any payment of a salary or hourly wage in exchange for these
services.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1596.8714 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1596.8714.  On or before March 1, 2000, the State Department of
Social Services shall convene a workgroup to review current criminal
background check requirements and processes for screening care
providers.  The workgroup shall study and make recommendations
concerning improving the coordination of the different populations
who are required to undergo multiple criminal background checks,
methods to reduce the costs, and expedite the process of conducting
criminal background checks.  The workgroup shall include
representatives from the various departments within the California
Health and Human Services Agency, the Department of Justice, the
Child Care Resource and Referral Network, and care provider
organizations.