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Criminal background checks bill advances in Congress.

Though most current legislation affecting the nursing home industry seemed unlikely to pass this Congress as of News Notes press time, one possibility was a bill representing the first step in establishing a national system of criminal background checks of prospective nursing home employees. Under a provision in the appropriations bill for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other agencies for the fiscal year beginning October 1, a nursing facility or home health agency could request of DOJ a search and release of records, if any, of would-be employees in direct patient care. The search would involve the records of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal ...

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