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Home Care Organization

Affiliated home care aides, and any staff or volunteer with client contact or access to confidential client information, in CDSS-licensed non-medical home care.

HOME CARE ORG · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
1
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 4
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agency

  1. Home Care Aide Registry

    California Department of Social Services, Home Care Services Bureau

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Credential verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before the aide's first client contact; again at registration renewal
    BASIS
    Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1796.43(a)

    Home care organizations that employ affiliated home care aides shall ensure the affiliated home care aides are cleared on the home care aide registry before placing the individual in direct contact with clients.

    Read the source california.public.law

Expected checks

Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outright

  1. List of Excluded Individuals/Entities

    HHS Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Required by Welf. & Inst. Code § 14043.61 only when the agency bills Medi-Cal; standard practice otherwise

  2. Medi-Cal Suspended and Ineligible Provider List (S&I List)

    Department of Health Care Services

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Required by Welf. & Inst. Code § 14043.61 only when the agency bills Medi-Cal; standard practice otherwise

  3. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Standard practice for agencies serving Medi-Cal members

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Staff with client contact or confidential client information must meet §§ 1796.23 to 1796.26 and 1796.28 (DOJ and FBI fingerprints) before that contact (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1796.43(a)(1))
  • TB examination 90 days before or within 7 days after employment, then every two years (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1796.45)
  • Five hours of entry-level training before presence with a client, then five hours a year (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1796.44)

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into California's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 15, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Department of Health Care Services (Medi-Cal) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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