#SFHA2610376ARollout schedule for the judicial background-check system in social care and disability services
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This law sets the rollout dates for France’s new information system used to check criminal background records for people working or seeking approval in social care and related services. It applies first to home-help services and experimental child-protection bodies immediately, then phases in by region for services supporting children with disabilities in 2026, by early 2027 for adult disability services and certain approval applicants, and from 1 January 2028 for services for older people and some other approval applicants. For businesses and organizations in scope, the practical task is to be ready for the background-check system on the date that applies to their sector and region. Employers and service providers will need to align hiring, approval, and compliance processes with the rollout timetable, especially in multi-region operations.
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Key Changes
- Sets an immediate launch for the background-check system for home-help services and certain experimental child-protection bodies.
- Introduces a regional rollout in 2026 for services supporting children with disabilities, with one group of regions starting in Q2 2026 and another in Q3 2026.
- Schedules later rollout dates for adult disability services in Q1 2027 and for services for older people in 2028.
Obligations
What this law requires
Services d'aide et d'accompagnement à domicile aux familles, and experimental child-protection establishments or services, must use the background-check information system immediately upon publication of the arrêté.
Services d'aide et d'accompagnement à domicile aux familles, and experimental establishments or services in the field of child protection, must be ready to use the criminal-background-check information system immediately upon entry into force of the arrêté.
Establishments and services supporting children with disabilities must be ready to use the criminal-background-check information system according to the regional rollout timetable, starting in the second quarter of 2026 for Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France, La Réunion, Mayotte, Normandie, and Occitanie.
Establishments and services supporting children with disabilities in the listed regions and overseas departments/collectivities must adopt the background-check information system from Q2 2026 or Q3 2026, depending on region.
Establishments and services supporting children with disabilities must be ready to use the criminal-background-check information system according to the regional rollout timetable, starting in the third quarter of 2026 for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Centre-Val de Loire, Corse, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Pays de la Loire, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.