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SS/SB 854 - This act provides that any home care employer required to deny employment to an applicant or discharge an employee as a result of information obtained through a portion of the background screening and employment eligibility determination process required under the Family Care Safety Registry provisions shall not be liable in any action brought by the applicant or employee. The employer shall also not be charged for unemployment insurance benefits based on wages paid to the employee or based on an employer making payments in lieu of contributions for work prior to the date of discharge, if the employer terminated the employee because the employee: (1) Has pled guilty to or nolo contendere or been found guilty in this state or any other state of a crime, which if committed in Missouri would be a class A or B felony violation of certain specified crimes such as offenses against the persons, sexual offenses and robbery or burglary offenses; (2) Was placed on the employee disqualification list maintained by the Department of Health and Senior Services, after the date of hire; (3) Was placed on the employee disqualification list maintained by the Department of Mental Health, after the date of hire; (4) Is listed on any of the background check lists in the Family Care Safety Registry; or (5) Has a disqualifying finding or was denied a good cause waiver under the employee disqualification list maintained by the Department of Health and Senior Services. ADRIANE CROUSE
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