Connecticut SB 486: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST, NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGIST AND RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER WORKFORCE SHORTAGE TASK FORCE.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 486
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2327

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS

Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONCERNING
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES WITH ACCESS
TO TAX RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 5-207a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) For each position of employment with the state of Connecticut that 3
involves exposure to federal tax information, the [employing] agency 4
with custody of the federal tax information and [, in the case where the 5
Department of Administrative Services is the provider of human 6
resources services for such employing agency,] the Department of 7
Administrative Services, shall, subject to the provisions of section 31-51i, 8
require each applicant for, each employee applying for transfer to, and, 9
at least every five years, [or more often if required by the United States 10
Department of the Treasury,] each current employee of such a position, 11
to (1) state in writing whether such applicant or employee has been 12
convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against 13

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such applicant or employee at the time of application for employment 14
or transfer and, if so, to identify the charges and court in which such 15
charges are pending, and (2) be fingerprinted and submit to state and 16
national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records 17
checks required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with 18
section 29-17a. Each employee who has access to federal tax information 19
shall be subject to such criminal history records check at least every five 20
years. 21
(b) If a contractor or subcontractor has a contract with an agency to 22
perform work for the agency that entails such contractor or 23
subcontractor or any employee thereof to access federal tax information, 24
such contractor or subcontractor and any such employee shall be subject 25
to the requirements of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this 26
section prior to commencing such work and [as often thereafter as 27
required by subsection (a) of this section] at least every five years 28
thereafter. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage 5-207a

GAE Joint Favorable