DelawareCovered care applicants’ Background Check Center reports would last one year
The signed bill would let covered long-term care and home-care employers use an applicant’s Background Check Center screening report for one year after the applicant’s last fingerprinting.
What it does
For long-term care and covered home-care applicants, a Background Check Center screening report would be valid for any prospective employer for one year after the applicant’s last fingerprinting.
Long-term care and home-care workers would not need another background check just to seek a promotion with the same employer. A suspected later arrest could still prompt review.
Argument forCare workers seeking promotion could avoid a repeat check with the same employer, saving them a step when applying for a higher role.
Argument againstAn employer could use a report that is months old, which might miss an applicant’s later arrest if the report has not been updated.
More detail
A Background Check Center screening report would be valid for any prospective employer. This covers applicants for long-term care facility work and covered home-care work, including self-employed people seeking to provide specified health services in a private home. The report must come from the Background Check Center’s criminal history screening process. The one-year period starts on the date of the applicant’s last fingerprinting.
A current care worker would not need another criminal background check solely to seek a promotion with the same employer. This covers current employees seeking promotion with their long-term care facility or home-care employer. The department may still treat a worker as an applicant if it has a reasonable basis to suspect an arrest for a crime that could bar the job since the worker started.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 14Signed by Governor Matt MeyerBecame Law
- Apr 23Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENTPassed House
- Vote recorded Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 18Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 13 On Its MeritsMinor
- Mar 5Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in HouseMinor
- Jan 29Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YESPassed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage. Result: pass.Upper
- 2025
- Dec 18was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 67Introduced
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