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DDS Qualified Providers (IDD waivers: Comprehensive Supports, Individual and Family Support, Employment and Day Supports)

Direct support and professional support staff of DDS-licensed or funded providers, including community living arrangements, community companion homes, day and employment services, and staff hired by participants through the fiscal intermediary.

DDS / IDD · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
1
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 4
Rules checked
October 15, 2026

Required checks

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

  1. DDS Abuse and Neglect Registry

    Department of Developmental Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hiring anyone who will deliver services; check each DDS semiannual notice of new names against current staff
    BASIS
    DDS waiver applications Appendix C-2-b (Comprehensive Supports, Draft CT.009.04.05, Oct. 2025); Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-247c; DDS Procedure I.F.PR.007a (June 30, 2021)

    The fiscal intermediary is required to ensure the abuse/neglect registry has been checked for all individual employees sought to be hired through consumer-direction. The DDS and private vendor is required to check the registry prior to hiring any employee who will deliver services.

    Read the source portal.ct.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
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    Expected of Medicaid performing providers (42 CFR 1001.1901; CMS State Medicaid Director Letter #09-001); DDS Procedure I.C.2.PR.013 requires it before any offer for staff hired through self-directed supports, but no DDS rule was found that sets it, or a monthly repeat, for qualified provider agencies

    This employment application includes a release to be signed by the applicant allowing the Fiscal Intermediary to complete a criminal history background check, a driver’s license check, a DDS Abuse and Neglect Registry check and a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General Exclusion Database check.

    Read the source portal.ct.gov

  2. Quality Assurance Administrative Actions List

    Connecticut Department of Social Services, Office of Quality Assurance

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire and periodically
    BASIS
    Standard practice for Connecticut Medicaid providers; the DSS agreement clause that requires it binds DSS-enrolled providers, and DDS holds the waiver performing provider agreements

  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 Connecticut Medicaid providers; no Connecticut rule names SAM.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Connecticut criminal background check before a final offer for every qualified provider employee (DDS treats all staff, office staff included, as having direct and ongoing contact): a name-based state record check by the provider or a vendor, or a fingerprint-based State Police check (DDS Procedure I.G.PR.010; Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-227a(b); DDS waiver Appendix C-2-a)
  • Participant-hired staff: the fiscal intermediary runs the criminal, driver's licence, DDS registry and LEIE checks before any offer or employment paperwork (DDS Procedure I.C.2.PR.013; DDS waiver Appendix C-2-a)
  • Employment is conditional until the criminal check results are received and reviewed (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-227a(b))
  • Private ICF/IIDs fall under the DPH ABCMS program instead; DDS-operated ICF/IIDs subject to § 17a-227a are excluded (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(a)(4))

Why some registries are not screened yet

Requires an employer account
Searches go through the employer's own account with the agency, so ezOIG doesn't run them for you.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Connecticut'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 Connecticut Department of Social Services (HUSKY Health, Connecticut Medical Assistance Program) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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