H.B. 5335, An Act Requiring Long-Term Care Facilities to Conduct Sex Offender Background Checks on Staff and Residents

Protecting residents in long term care facilities is important, but mandatory background checks will limit the ability of people living with criminal records to get the end-of-life residential care they need. The ACLU-CT recommends that the Committee consider a balancing test like the one in Section 46a-80, which follows an individualized approach and considers whether there is a substantial nexus between the type of job and the crime committed, evidence of rehabilitation, and the amount of time since the conviction.