HB683 Alabama 2010 Session

Existing law requires a sex offender to register his or her place of residence and prohibits the sex offender from living within a certain distance of schools, playgrounds, daycare centers, and other places where children gather, but does not require notification to be given directly to a long-term care facility or its residents of a sex offender living or working in the county or municipality where the facility is located

This bill would prohibit a sex offender or violent crime offender from living within a certain distance of a long-term care facility

This bill would require notification be given to the Department of Public Health of the residency and employment of a sex offender or a violent crime offender and would require the Department of Public Health to notify a long-term care facility and its residents of the intent of a sex offender or violent crime offender to live or work in the county or municipality where the facility is located

This bill would require a sex offender or violent crime offender to disclose his or her criminal history on an application for admission to or employment by a long-term care facility and would require the facility to notify its residents and the Department of Senior Services of the admittance or employment of a sex offender or violent crime offender

To amend Sections 15-20-22 as last amended by Act 2009-619 of the 2009 Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 1791) and 15-20-26, as last amended by Act 2009-558 of the 2009 Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 1603) of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to sex offenders; to prohibit a sex offender or violent crime offender from living within a certain distance of a long-term care facility; to require certain notification procedures to the Department of Public Health, the Department of Senior Services, a long-term care facility, and the residents of a long-term care facility of the residency and employment of a sex offender or violent crime offender, including his or her residency at or employment by the long-term care facility.