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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting section 1, renumbering sections 2 and 3 as sections 3 and 4 and adding new sections designated sections 1 and 2, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
“Section 1. Chapter 424 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. A licensing authority or its approved designee may, in accordance with the procedures set forth in 28 C.F.R. §§ 901 et. seq., conduct a preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation Interstate Identification Index name-based check of the records of criminal history of a resident who is 18 years of age or older of a foster home in which the licensing authority wishes to place a child in an emergency situation to determine whether the person investigated has been arrested for or convicted of any crime.
2. Upon request of a licensing authority that wishes to place a child in a foster home in an emergency situation, or upon request of the approved designee of the licensing authority, a resident who is 18 years of age or older of the foster home in which the licensing authority wishes to place the child must submit to the licensing authority or its approved designee a complete set of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the licensing authority or its approved designee to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report. The licensing authority or its approved designee shall forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History within the time set forth in federal law or regulation.
3. If a resident who is 18 years of age or older of a foster home in which a licensing authority places a child in an emergency situation refuses to provide a complete set of fingerprints to the licensing authority or its approved designee upon request pursuant to subsection 2, the licensing authority must immediately remove the child from the foster home.
Sec. 2. Chapter 432B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. An agency which provides child welfare services or its approved designee may, in accordance with the procedures set forth in 28 C.F.R. §§ 901 et. seq., conduct a preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation Interstate Identification Index name-based check of the records of criminal history of a resident who is 18 years of age or older of a home in which the agency which provides child welfare services wishes to place a child in an emergency situation to determine whether the person investigated has been arrested for or convicted of any crime.
2. Upon request of an agency which provides child welfare services that wishes to place a child in a home in an emergency situation, or upon request of the approved designee of the agency which provides child welfare services, a resident who is 18 years of age or older of the home in which the agency which provides child welfare services wishes to place the child must submit to the agency which provides child welfare services or its approved designee a complete set of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the agency which provides child welfare services or its approved designee to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report. The agency which provides child welfare services or its approved designee shall forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History within the time set forth in federal law or regulation.
3. If a resident who is 18 years of age or older of a home in which an agency which provides child welfare services places a child in an emergency situation refuses to provide a complete set of fingerprints to the agency which provides child welfare services or its approved designee upon request pursuant to subsection 2, the agency which provides child welfare services must immediately remove the child from the home.”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 36, by deleting “1” and inserting “2”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to protection of children; authorizing a licensing authority and an agency which provides child welfare services to conduct a preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation Interstate Identification Index name-based check of the records of criminal history of certain persons for the placement of children in emergency situations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows: