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Non-Medical Supportive Care Services — Home Health Agency Licensure (Renewal, Criminal Record Check, and Program Requirements)

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What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1Under K.S.A. 65-5104 a home health agency must file its annual report and pay the annual fee within 30 days of the licensure renewal expiration date to avoid automatic licensure cancellation.(Non-Medical Supportive Care Services — Home Health Agency Licensure (Renewal, Criminal Record Check, and Program Requirements))
  • 2The renewal application must include a completed, signed and dated Non-Medical HHA Application (marked "Annual Renewal"), a completed and signed Supportive Care Services Attestation Form, a Certificate of Good Standing if the HHA is registered with the Kansas Secretary of State, and Administrator License Verification if applicable.(Non-Medical Supportive Care Services — Home Health Agency Licensure (Renewal, Criminal Record Check, and Program Requirements))
  • 3Beginning July 1, 2025, the non-refundable renewal fee, based on the total unique client count, must be paid online through PayIt.(Non-Medical Supportive Care Services — Home Health Agency Licensure (Renewal, Criminal Record Check, and Program Requirements))
  • 4The agency is limited to non-medical supportive care services (chore/companionship and ADL assistance such as bathing, dressing, eating, medication reminders, transferring, walking, toileting, and continence care); skilled services and HCBS require a Skilled Services HHA license.(Non-Medical Supportive Care Services — Home Health Agency Licensure (Renewal, Criminal Record Check, and Program Requirements))
  • 5Effective July 1, 2018 (Senate Sub. for HB 2386), criminal record check laws apply to Home Health Agencies (K.S.A. 65-5117), Adult Care Homes (K.S.A. 39-970) and HCBS (K.S.A. 39-2009), with a single Prohibited Offense List identical for all three provider types; agencies must submit criminal record checks through KDADS (KanCheck), which accesses KBI records including juvenile records.(Non-Medical Supportive Care Services — Home Health Agency Licensure (Renewal, Criminal Record Check, and Program Requirements))

Applies to: personal care

KDHE's official program page describing what a non-medical supportive care (personal-care attendant) home health agency must do to obtain and renew licensure and comply with the criminal-record-check program, including the K.S.A. 65-5104 annual-report/fee deadline and the KDADS/KBI background-check requirement.

Regulatory information, not legal advice — always confirm against the cited official source. Verification reduces error; it does not certify compliance.