Fingerprint Background Check Passes House Committee

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...A measure that would use about $3 million in federal money and $1 million in state matching money to do a fingerprint criminal background check on all nursing home employees cleared a House committee Thursday. Long-term care facilities would not have to pay for the background check until the federal grant runs out in 2014. After that, long-term care facilities could either pay for the background checks or pass the cost to job applicants.