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This bill establishes a registry of caretakers found to have substantiated abuse against persons with intellectual disability or developmental disability. The key provisions are: 1. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) will maintain a registry of care providers against whom it has made a substantiated finding of "registrable abuse", which includes serious physical or emotional injury, or abuse per se, of a person with an intellectual or developmental disability. 2. Before hiring or contracting with a care provider, the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) or an employer must check the registry and cannot hire or utilize someone whose name appears on it. Employers who fail to comply may face fines, license revocation/downgrade, or forfeiture of state contracts. 3. The registry information is confidential and cannot be disseminated publicly. The DPPC must conduct annual audits of the registry and report on its compliance. 4. Registered care providers can petition to have their name removed from the registry after 5 years. 5. The bill applies retroactively to all substantiated findings of registrable abuse made by the DPPC on or after January 1, 2020.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2606