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Understanding Changes to PA Volunteer Background Checks Law
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Understanding New PA Volunteer Background Check Law
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Presenter Founder/CEO Safe Hiring Solutions Founder SafeVisitor & RapidRefCheck Violent Crime Detective Metro Nashville PD 3,500 clients Provide violence prevention training/ consulting:
U.S. Dept of Justice U.S. Dept of Defense U.S. Homeland Security Federal Law Enforcement Training Center National Sheriff’s Assoc Indiana Law Enforcement Training Academy Numerous State Attorney General Offices
Keep in MindThis is still the most complicated volunteer background check law in U.S. and will likely continue to evolve
What Has Changed?
Effective 7/25/2015
1. Defines requirement to “Direct Volunteer Contact”
2. PA State Police & PA Child Abuse Free for volunteers
Direct Volunteer Contact
Defined in PA HB 1276:
“The care, supervision, guidance or control of children and routine interaction with children.”
FREE Volunteer Checks
Effective July 25, 2015: PA State Police Check FREE for Volunteers PA Child Abuse Check FREE for Volunteers
If have not lived continuously in PA for 10 YRS still requires the FBI Check that is initiated here by volunteer:https://www.pa.cogentid.com/index_dpw.htm
Best Practice PA Volunteer Background Check
Discussed with Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Attorney last week and concur: The Child Abuse Check is very complicated to outsource:
We have to buy code Send to your volunteers They have to go online and initiate child abuse check Results to us in 2-3 weeks Many calls from confused volunteers
Church/Ministry should initiate the FREE background checks Setup Account with State Police Have volunteer fill out form for Child Abuse Check and mailTHEN
Best Practice Con’t…. Run SHS Level I National Volunteer Background
Check for $16.95 completed in 3 days Saves you over 50% and no makes your background
check national and not just PA BMI concurs that even if you run FBI check can still
take 3 months and that gives an unsuitable volunteer 3 months access to children
Why Add SHS Level I2 PA Cases: Case Study #1
We ran SHS Lev 1 fall 2014 found 6 misd/ felony battery cases on volunteer
Ran recently through PA State police- only 3 convictions showed
Case Study #2 No records in PA- not required to run FBI Check as a
10yr resident of PA Found 7 felony records in WV by accidently ordering
SHS Lev 1
Best Practice
Combining the PA required searches and SHS National Background check:
Provides verification of address history and all names associated with your candidates
Reduces your cost by more than 50% Provides the most comprehensive national
background check available
Questions? Use Dialogue Box
Mike McCarty
CEO
Safe Hiring Solutions
Danville, IN 46122
317-745-6946
www.safehiringsolutions.com
