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PRINTER'S NO. 900
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
737
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, McGARRIGLE, YAW, BARTOLOTTA, COSTA,
VULAKOVICH, MARTIN, MENSCH, RAFFERTY, BAKER, WARD AND
YUDICHAK, JUNE 2, 2017
REFERRED TO AGING AND YOUTH, JUNE 2, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L.381, No.79), entitled
"An act relating to the protection of the abused, neglected,
exploited or abandoned elderly; establishing a uniform
Statewide reporting and investigative system for suspected
abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of the elderly;
providing protective services; providing for funding; and
making repeals," in criminal history for employees, further
providing for provisional employees for limited periods.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 506 of the act of November 6, 1987
(P.L.381, No.79), known as the Older Adults Protective Services
Act, is amended to read:
Section 506. Provisional employees for limited periods.
Notwithstanding section 502, [administrators] an
administrator may employ [applicants] an applicant, other than
an applicant who is a direct care worker referred by a home care
registry to provide home care services to a consumer, on a
provisional basis for a single period not to exceed 30 days or,
for [applicants] an applicant under section 502(a)(2), a period
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of 90 days, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The applicant has applied for the information
required under section 502 and the applicant provides a copy
of the appropriate completed request forms to the
administrator.
(2) The administrator has no knowledge of information
pertaining to the applicant which would disqualify him from
employment pursuant to section 503, subject to 18 Pa.C.S. ยง
4911 (relating to tampering with public records or
information).
(3) The applicant swears or affirms in writing that he
is not disqualified from employment under section 503.
(4) If the information obtained under section 502
reveals that the applicant is disqualified from employment
under section 503, the applicant shall be immediately
dismissed by the administrator.
(5) The department shall develop guidelines regarding
the supervision of applicants. For a home health care agency,
supervision shall include random direct supervision by an
employee who has been employed by the facility for a period
of one year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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