TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Anyone seeking a state-regulated job working with children, seniors and disabled people would have to undergo a more thorough screening process under a bill that unanimously passed Thursday in the Florida House.
It would prohibit applicants from going to work before their screening has been completed and require everyone seeking such a job to be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal background check.
Existing law permits some people, including employees of day care centers, to work before getting cleared. Some now can get jobs with just name checks instead of getting fingerprinted.
The bill (HB 7069) was filed in response to an investigation by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that showed some convicted felons were slipping through the present process, getting jobs at day care centers, nursing homes and other facilities that help vulnerable people.
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