Fla. lawmakers want action on felonious caregivers
10.05.09
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Florida legislators have pledged to overhaul state law to require background checks for caregivers after a newspaper investigation identified flaws in the screening system that allowed felons to get jobs in day cares and nursing homes.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel investigation found that thousands of people obtained exemptions that granted them permission to work as caregivers for children, the elderly and the disabled despite criminal records that included rape, child abuse and murder.
The proposed new law would require uniform nationwide background checks for all caregivers before they can begin work. It would also require caregivers be rescreened every three years, instead of every five years as under the current law.
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SOURCE: The Miami Herald
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