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Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS)

Attendants hired by the member or authorized representative; the Financial Management Services contractor runs the checks and reports to both.

CDASS · ON FILE
Registries named
5
Required
4
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
4 of 5
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

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

  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 Before hire, run by the FMS
    BASIS
    HCPF, CDASS Policies and Resources (citing 10 CCR 2505-10 § 8.7000)

    Background checks are required to hire CDASS attendants and include a Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Criminal Background check, a Board of Nursing license check, and an Office of Inspector General check (10 CCR 2505-10 8.7000).

    Read the source hcpf.colorado.gov

  2. Internet Criminal History Check System (ICHC)

    Colorado Bureau of Investigation

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire, run by the FMS
    BASIS
    HCPF, CDASS Background Check Crimes of High Risk: Employer Hiring Guide (March 2023); 10 CCR 2505-10 § 8.7515.I.1.i

    Any individual interested in working as a Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) attendant is required to undergo a criminal background check through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

    Read the source hcpf.colorado.gov

  3. Colorado Nurse Aide Registry

    Department of Regulatory Agencies, State Board of Nursing

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire (Board of Nursing check)
    BASIS
    10 CCR 2505-10 § 8.7515.I.1.g

    Attendants shall not have had their license as a nurse or certification as a nurse aide suspended or revoked or their application for such license or certification denied.

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  4. DORA Licence Lookup (health professions)

    Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire (Board of Nursing check)
    BASIS
    HCPF, CDASS Policies and Resources; 10 CCR 2505-10 § 8.7515.I.1.g

    Background checks are required to hire CDASS attendants and include a Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Criminal Background check, a Board of Nursing license check, and an Office of Inspector General check (10 CCR 2505-10 8.7000).

    Read the source hcpf.colorado.gov

Expected checks

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

  1. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire
    BASIS
    HCPF asks Health First Colorado providers to search SAM; not named for CDASS attendants

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • High-risk crimes list and exception process with a safety plan (HCPF CDASS Employer Hiring Guide; Operational Memo OM 23-021)
  • I-9 citizenship verification by the FMS (10 CCR 2505-10 § 8.7515.J.1.e)

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry's terms forbid automated searches
The registry's terms, or the law behind it, rule out automated or third-party searches, so ezOIG doesn't run them.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Colorado'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 Policy and Financing (Health First Colorado) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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