00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 180                                                                          
01 "An Act requiring child services providers to obtain criminal background checks for                                     
02 child services workers."                                                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 47.18 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05                     Article 4A.  Child Services Workers.                                                              
06            Sec. 47.18.250.  Criminal background check required.  (a)  A child services                                
07       provider may not employ, appoint, retain, or use the volunteer services of an                                     
08       individual as a child services worker unless the provider has, within the previous 365                            
09       days, received a report of state criminal justice information available to an interested                          
10       person under AS 12.62.160 for the individual that was prepared by the Department of                               
11       Public Safety and the report did not show any current offender information or past                                
12       conviction information involving a serious offense.                                                               
13            (b)  A child services provider may not request state criminal justice                                        
14       information under this section unless the individual seeking to be a child services                               

01       worker provides                                                                                                   
02                 (1)  a completed application for the state criminal justice information                                 
03       that contains the name, address, and date of birth of the individual;                                             
04                 (2)  a signed statement by the individual that                                                          
05                      (A)  the application is that of the individual; and                                                
06                      (B)  the individual has not been convicted of a serious crime, or,                                 
07            if the individual has been convicted of a serious crime, the statement must                                  
08            provide a description of the crime and the details of the conviction; and                                    
09                 (3)  an acknowledgment that the individual has been notified by the                                     
10       child services provider that state criminal justice information will be requested, that                           
11       the individual may receive a copy of the information, and that the individual may have                            
12       the right to challenge the information as provided in (c) of this section.                                        
13            (c)  Upon request of an individual who is the subject of a report of state                                   
14       criminal justice information under this section, the child services provider shall                                
15       provide to the individual a copy of the transcript received under this section pertaining                         
16       to the individual.  The individual may challenge the accuracy and completeness of the                             
17       transcript in the manner provided in AS 12.62.                                                                    
18            (d)  In this section,                                                                                        
19                 (1)  "child services" means the care, treatment, education, training,                                   
20       instruction, supervision, or recreation of children under 18 years of age;                                        
21                 (2)  "child services worker" means an individual who serves with or                                     
22       without compensation in a position in which the individual has or may have                                        
23       unsupervised access to a minor on more than a sporadic basis;                                                     
24                 (3)  "current offender information" has the meaning given in                                            
25       AS 12.62.900;                                                                                                     
26                 (4)  "past conviction information" has the meaning given in                                             
27       AS 12.62.900;                                                                                                     
28                 (5)  "provider" means a business, organization, or other entity, whether                                
29       public, private, for profit, not for profit, or voluntary, that provides child services;                          
30                 (6)  "serious offense" has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900.