(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
The report on the pilot project on criminal background checks for child care providers, prepared for the state department of human services, was presented to the general assembly in August of 2000;
Said report contained several recommendations for the improvement of the processof obtaining accurate and complete criminal history records for child care workers and volunteers;
Some of those recommendations involved the records contained in the integratedColorado online network (ICON) of the state judicial department and the ability to identify case dispositions;
Other recommendations involved the work of the courts and the state judicial department in assisting in the completion and implementation of the integrated criminal justice information system program established by article 20.5 of this title.
(2) The general assembly further finds and declares that, in order to assure that criminal background checks for child care workers are accurate and complete, it is critical that the criminal justice agencies participating in the integrated criminal justice information system program established by article 20.5 of this title and political subdivisions continue to work with each other to complete and implement such program in a timely manner and consider the integration of municipal records, including the county court records of the city and county of Denver, into such program.
Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 612, § 1, effective May 30.