AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SERVICE LETTERS, CHILD-CARE FACILITIES, AND HEALTH-CARE FACILITIES.
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Summary
The bill mandates that any health‑care or child‑care facility hiring a person who has previously worked in such settings must obtain a service letter from the applicant’s most recent employer, and also from any child‑serving entity where they worked in the past five years. If the applicant has no prior employment, the employer must collect two non‑relative adult references. Employers must report any non‑response to a service‑letter request to the Delaware Department of Labor.
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