"E. The provider shall review the criminal history background check and registry search results prior to hiring the applicant...”

This would create a significant hardship on the hiring process. The turnaround time for both the Criminal Background checks and the Child Protective Registry searches are lengthy. We have noticed that the turnaround time is normally 3 to 6 weeks. This does not count the people that have 3 non-classifiable/unreadable prints which could take months.  We wouldn't be able to give our potential employee a definite date of hire. If a potential employee were to wait that long without a paycheck, only then we would be able to begin the training process.  For the applicants that pursued other job opportunities in that waiting period, the provider would have spent $58.00 ($48.00 and $10.00) on an applicant not an employee. The lengthy time will not only delay the hiring and training processes but it will create longer openings in our direct care positions which are considerably needed. Industry wide, I think this amendment will make it substantially harder to attract and retain applicants.