Plain English Breakdown
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University of California Background Checks
This law allows the University of California to require background checks for new staff, contractors, and volunteers through the Department of Justice.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the University of California to require criminal history background checks during the final stages of hiring prospective staff employees, contractors, and volunteers.
- Requires these background checks to be completed by the state Department of Justice using fingerprints.
- Mandates that the university must immediately tell the Department of Justice to stop sending updates when a person leaves their position or is no longer eligible for monitoring.
- Requires the university to check at least every six months if people still being monitored are currently working there.
- Requires the university to report any arrest notices it receives for unknown individuals or people whose monitoring has already ended.
Who It Names or Affects
- The University of California and its Regents
- Prospective staff employees, contractors, and volunteers at the University of California
- The Department of Justice
Terms To Know
- Department of Justice
- The state agency that processes fingerprint-based criminal history checks.
- Subsequent arrest notification
- Updates sent to an employer about new arrests or court outcomes after a person is hired.
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
- The source material describes the rules for background checks but does not list specific crimes that would disqualify an applicant.