Plain English Breakdown
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Background Checks for Behavioral Health Workers
AB-277 requires people who provide behavioral health treatment at centers, facilities, or programs to undergo criminal background checks.
What This Bill Does
- Requires a person providing behavioral health treatment for a center, facility, or program to undergo a specified background check.
- Expands the crime of unlawfully disclosing state summary criminal history information.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who provide behavioral health treatment at centers, facilities, or programs.
- Local agencies that must follow new rules created by this bill.
Terms To Know
- State summary criminal history information
- Records of a person's past crimes kept by the Department of Justice.
- Behavioral health treatment
- Care or services provided to help with mental health and emotional well-being.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill states no reimbursement is required for a specified reason but does not list the specific steps for how background checks must be done.
- An effective date has not been set yet in this document.