HB4599

West Virginia HB4599 modifies the WV Cares background check variance process, ensuring portability, refining disqualifying offenses, and establishing.

West Virginia HB4599 amends the West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act (WV Cares) to modify the background check variance process. The bill ensures that granted variances follow the individual, not the employer, and that any licensed provider can rely on an active variance in the registry. It refines disqualifying offenses to focus only on those directly related to abuse, violence, fraud, or disqualifiers. The Department of Human Services will revise the list of disqualifying offenses accordingly.