00                            SENATE BILL NO. 281                                                                         
01 "An Act prohibiting employment by nursing facilities and assisted living homes of                                       
02 persons with certain criminal backgrounds."                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.20.302(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (c)  A nursing facility may not hire or retain an employee who has been                                      
06       convicted of                                                                                                      
07                 (1)  a serious offense, as defined in AS 12.62.900;                                                 
08                 (2)  an offense in which the victim was a resident of a nursing                                     
09       facility or assisted living home at the time of the offense; in this paragraph,                               
10       "assisted living home" means an entity required to be licensed under AS 47.33 or                              
11       an entity located outside the state that would be required to be licensed under                               
12       AS 47.33 if it were located inside the state; or                                                              
13                 (3)  an offense listed in the department's regulations as being an offense                          
14       covered by this section.                                                                                          

01    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.33.100(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
02            (c)  An assisted living home may not hire or retain an employee who has been                                 
03       convicted of                                                                                                      
04                 (1)  a serious offense, as defined in AS 12.62.900;                                                 
05                 (2)  an offense in which the victim was a resident of a nursing                                     
06       facility or assisted living home at the time of the offense; in this paragraph,                               
07                      (A)  "assisted living home" means an entity required to be                                     
08            licensed under this chapter or an entity located outside the state that                                  
09            would be required to be licensed under this chapter if it were located in                                
10            the state;                                                                                               
11                      (B)  "nursing facility" has the meaning given in                                               
12            AS 18.20.390; or                                                                                         
13                 (3)  an offense listed in the regulations of the applicable licensing                               
14       agency as being an offense covered by this section.