Amendment #576 to H4000

An Amendment for CORI Checks for ACA Navigators

Representatives Kuros of Uxbridge, Fattman of Sutton, Cole of Peabody, Poirier of North Attleborough, Howitt of Seekonk, Vieira of Falmouth, Dooley of Norfolk, Jones of North Reading and DiNatale of Fitchburg move to amend the bill by adding the following new section:-

SECTION XX. Subsection (a) of section 172 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-

(31) Navigator organizations certified by the commonwealth health insurance connector in accordance with section 1311(i) of Public Law 111-148, 42 U.S.C. 18031, may obtain from the department data permitted under section 172L.

SECTION XX. Said chapter 6 is hereby amended by inserting after section 172K the following section:-

Section 172L. Navigator organizations certified by the commonwealth health insurance connector in accordance with section 1311(i) of Public Law 111-148, 42 U.S.C. 18031 shall obtain from the department all available criminal offender record information prior to accepting any person as a new employee. Navigator organizations shall obtain from the department periodically, but not less frequently than every 3 years, all available criminal offender record information of current employees. Any organization obtaining information pursuant to this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than the protection of persons utilizing a navigator organization’s services.

SECTION XX. Navigator organizations certified by the commonwealth health insurance connector in accordance with section 1311(i) of Public Law 111-148, 42 U.S.C shall obtain from the department of criminal justice information services all available criminal offender record information, as that term is defined in section 67 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, of all current employees within 1 year of the effective date of this act. Any organization obtaining information pursuant to this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than the protection of persons utilizing a navigator organization’s services.