HB1298 revises Colorado law to align background checks for child welfare placements with FBI standards.
HB1298 amends Colorado statutes to ensure that background checks for individuals involved in child welfare placements meet the Federal Bureau of Investigation's standards. The bill mandates fingerprint-based criminal history record checks for applicants, employees, and residents of foster care homes and kinship foster care homes. It specifies that only authorized state departments can receive detailed criminal history information, while non-authorized persons receive only eligibility status.
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