Sec. 17a-227a. State criminal background checks for applicants for employment. - Connecticut Statutes

      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.