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IDAPA 16.03.10 "Medicaid Enhanced Plan Benefits" — Section 009, Criminal History and Background Check Requirements
IdahoregulationIdaho Department of Health and Welfare· effective 2022-03-17
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1Attendant care providers are subject to the criminal history and background check requirements provided in Section 329 of these rules.(IDAPA 16.03.10 "Medicaid Enhanced Plan Benefits" — Section 009, Criminal History and Background Check Requirements)
- 2Personal care providers are subject to the criminal history and background check requirements provided in Subsection 305.06 of these rules.(IDAPA 16.03.10 "Medicaid Enhanced Plan Benefits" — Section 009, Criminal History and Background Check Requirements)
- 3Homemaker services providers, chore services providers, companion services providers, and respite care providers are each subject to the criminal history and background check requirements provided in Section 329 (and, for respite, Sections 665 and 705) of these rules.(IDAPA 16.03.10 "Medicaid Enhanced Plan Benefits" — Section 009, Criminal History and Background Check Requirements)
- 4Once an individual has received a criminal history clearance, the agency must report any additional criminal convictions to the Department when the agency learns of the conviction.(IDAPA 16.03.10 "Medicaid Enhanced Plan Benefits" — Section 009, Criminal History and Background Check Requirements)
- 5Agencies must verify that individuals they employ or contract with, who work in the areas listed in Subsection 009.03, have complied with the mandatory criminal history check provisions of IDAPA 16.05.06 "Rules Governing Mandatory Criminal History Checks."(IDAPA 16.03.10 "Medicaid Enhanced Plan Benefits" — Section 009, Criminal History and Background Check Requirements)
- 6The staff of personal assistance agencies acting as fiscal intermediaries are subject to the criminal history and background check requirements provided in Subsection 329.02 of these rules.(IDAPA 16.03.10 "Medicaid Enhanced Plan Benefits" — Section 009, Criminal History and Background Check Requirements)
Applies to: personal care
Requires Medicaid agencies employing or contracting personal care, attendant care, homemaker, and related in-home aide providers to verify criminal history and background clearances under IDAPA 16.05.06 and to report any subsequent criminal convictions to the Department.
Regulatory information, not legal advice — always confirm against the cited official source. Verification reduces error; it does not certify compliance.