Connecticut General Statutes 17a-227a – State and national criminal history records checks for applicants made an offer of conditional employment
(a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall require each applicant who has been made an offer of conditional employment by the department to be fingerprinted and submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with § 29-17a. Employment by the department shall be considered conditional until the results of the criminal history records checks are received and reviewed by the department.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 17a-227a
- intellectual disability: means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1g
(b) The commissioner may require providers licensed or funded by the department to provide residential, day or support services to persons with intellectual disability, to require each applicant who has been made an offer of conditional employment and 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 who have been made an offer of conditional employment submit to such checks, the administrative costs associated with such checks shall be considered an allowable cost on the annual cost report. Employment by a provider licensed or funded by the department shall be considered conditional until the results of the background checks have been received and reviewed by the provider.