Public funds: means state or federal funds that are disbursed by the division. See Utah Code 26B-6-401
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2)
Public funds may not be disbursed to pay a direct service worker for personal services rendered to a person unless the office approves the direct service worker to have direct access and provide services to a child or a vulnerable adult pursuant to Section 26B-2-120.
(3)
For purposes of Subsection (2), the office shall conduct a background check of a direct service worker:
(a)
before public funds are disbursed to pay the direct service worker for the personal services described in Subsection (2); and
(b)
using the same procedures established for a background check of an applicant for a license under Section 26B-2-120.
(4)
A child who is in the legal custody of the department or any of the department’s divisions may not be placed with a direct service worker unless, before the child is placed with the direct service worker, the direct service worker passes a background check under Section 26B-2-120.
(5)
If a public transit district, as described in 8, contracts with the division to provide services:
(a)
the provisions of this section are not applicable to a direct service worker employed by the public transit district; and
(b)
the division may not reimburse the public transit district for services provided unless a direct service worker hired or transferred internally after July 1, 2013, by the public transit district to drive a paratransit route:
(i)
is approved by the office to have direct access to children and vulnerable adults in accordance with Section 26B-2-120; and
(ii)
is subject to a background check established in a statute or rule governing a public transit district or other public transit district policy.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 308, 2023 General Session Amended by Chapter 344, 2023 General Session
