comprehensive-background-check-background-check-processes

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency or other state agency is not the entity conducting all required background checks and does not ensure the privacy of all the background check results, as required by 98.43(a)(1)(i) and 98.43(e)(2). (Plan Question 5.7.10) Overall Target Completion Date: 01/31/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 The Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law (CPSL§ 6344 b-c ) requires employers to maintain a record of all background check results. Amendments to the CPSL must be explored to determine if Pennsylvania may remove this requirement with the introduction of the Consolidated Eligibility Letter (CEL). OCDEL is engaged in conversations with key offices related to potential amendments to the CPSL to allow the state to become compliant with the requirement at 98.43(a)(1)(i) and 98.43(e)(2). 01/31/2026