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CAPS Check Program Changes

It became law on Jul 10, 2020.

CO HB 20-1302 · House Bill · 2020A

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Became law
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Sponsors
2
Latest action
Jul 10, 2020

What it does

Under current law, when an employer is going to hire a person to work in a position in which the person has contact with at-risk adults, the employer must perform a check of the system that contains substantiated claims of mistreatment against an at-risk adult (CAPS check). The act makes various clarifying changes to the adult protection statutes related to the CAPS check program. The act states that if an employer receives a CAPS check on a person and does not hire the person at the time of receiving the check but wants to hire the person at a subsequent time, the employer shall request a new CAPS check prior to hiring the person. The act requires that if the employer is also an employee,…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Jul 10, 2020

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