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CALIFORNIA · CARE PROGRAM

In-Home Supportive Services

Individual IHSS providers (Personal Care Services Program, IHSS Plus and IHSS-Residual), enrolled by the county, public authority or nonprofit consortium; the recipient is the employer.

IHSS · ON FILE
Registries named
3
Required
1
Expected
2
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 3
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

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

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

    Department of Health Care Services

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At enrollment, by the county, for current and prospective providers
    BASIS
    CDSS All-County Letter 09-52

    In the interim, counties should follow existing procedures for checking the S&I Provider List to determine whether a current or prospective provider is ineligible to be enrolled

    Read the source cdss.ca.gov

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
    AT HIRE At enrollment
    BASIS
    Not named for IHSS providers; federal law bars Medicaid payment for services by excluded people (42 CFR 1001.1901(b))

  2. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At enrollment
    BASIS
    Standard practice for Medi-Cal-funded providers

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • County criminal background check through DOJ fingerprints before enrollment (Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 12305.86)
  • Ineligible for 10 years after a conviction for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 crime unless a waiver or general exception is granted (Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code §§ 12305.81, 12305.87)
  • Signed Provider Enrollment Form, SOC 426 (CDSS All-County Letter 09-52)

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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