On or after January 1, 2012, each homemaker-companion agency, prior to extending an offer of employment or entering into a contract with a prospective employee, shall require such prospective employee to submit to a comprehensive background check. In addition, each homemaker-companion agency shall require that such prospective employee complete and sign a form which contains questions as to whether the prospective employee was convicted of a crime involving violence or dishonesty in a state court or federal court in any state; or was subject to any decision imposing disciplinary action by a licensing agency in any state, the District of Columbia, a United States possession or territory or a foreign jurisdiction. Any prospective employee who makes a false written statement regarding such prior criminal convictions or disciplinary action shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Each homemaker-companion agency shall maintain a paper or electronic copy of any materials obtained during the comprehensive background check and shall make such records available for inspection upon request of the Department of Consumer Protection.

(P.A. 06-187, S. 60; P.A. 11-242, S. 94; P.A. 13-88, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 11-242 added provisions requiring prospective employees to submit to a comprehensive background check and sign a form re past criminal convictions and disciplinary action by licensing agencies, deleted provisions re employees hired on or after October 1, 2006, and added provision requiring homemaker-companion agencies to maintain background check records and make such records available for inspection by Department of Consumer Protection, effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 13-88 made no changes, effective January 1, 2014.