H612 - Department of Social Services Review of Procedures/Criminal History/Office of Administrative Hearings. (Ratified)

Overview: House Bill 612 would have required the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services to identify any publications, policies, and procedures that might be considered rules under Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. Any publications, policies, and procedures identified as rules would have to have been adopted through the rule-making process, or they would have become void on July 1, 2022. Licensing Boards and state licensing agencies would not have been permitted to require certain criminal background information as a precondition of granting a license. Finally, the bill would have clarified the procedures for when rules that receive objections become effective. House Bill 612 was ratified on June 26, 2020, and vetoed on July 2, 2020.