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Every new employee, contractor and regular volunteer of a DPH-licensed home health care or home health aide agency, screened through ABCMS before any offer.

HOME HEALTH · ON FILE
Registries named
8
Required
7
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
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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
    MONTHLY At hire (ABCMS) and monthly
    BASIS
    DSS Provider Enrollment Agreement ¶ 38 (Connecticut Medical Assistance Program); DPH Policy and Procedure No. 15-01 § 6(a) (Conn. L.J., Aug. 18, 2015, under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(h))

    List of Excluded Individuals/Entities Report and the OIG Web site, to determine whether any potential or current employees, contractors or suppliers have been suspended or excluded or terminated from any healthcare program ... The Provider shall search the HHS-OIG Web site on a monthly basis

    Read the source ctdssmap.com

  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, through the ABCMS registry checks; routinely after hire for Medicaid-enrolled providers (no interval set)
    BASIS
    DPH Policy and Procedure No. 15-01 § 6(a) (Conn. L.J., Aug. 18, 2015, under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(h)); DSS Provider Enrollment Agreement ¶ 38 (Connecticut Medical Assistance Program)

    the long-term care facility shall conduct a check of all relevant registries listed within the ABCMS for a finding of a disqualifying offense, including: the national sex offender registry; Connecticut sex offender registry; Connecticut Department of Social Services Administrative Actions List; Office of the Inspector General exclusion list;

    Read the source portal.ct.gov

  3. Connecticut Nurse Aide Registry

    Department of Public Health (operated by Prometric)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before any offer of employment or contract, and before regular volunteers start; a clear ABCMS search from the last 3 years carries over
    BASIS
    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(a)(1), (c)(1)

    “Criminal history and patient abuse background search” or “background search” means (A) a review of the registry of nurse's aides maintained by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 20-102bb

    Read the source cga.ct.gov

  4. Connecticut Sex Offender Registry

    Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (State Police)

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before any offer, through the ABCMS registry checks
    BASIS
    DPH Policy and Procedure No. 15-01 § 6(a) (Conn. L.J., Aug. 18, 2015, under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(h))

    the long-term care facility shall conduct a check of all relevant registries listed within the ABCMS for a finding of a disqualifying offense, including: the national sex offender registry; Connecticut sex offender registry; Connecticut Department of Social Services Administrative Actions List; Office of the Inspector General exclusion list;

    Read the source portal.ct.gov

  5. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before any offer, through the ABCMS registry checks
    BASIS
    DPH Policy and Procedure No. 15-01 § 6(a) (Conn. L.J., Aug. 18, 2015, under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(h))

    the long-term care facility shall conduct a check of all relevant registries listed within the ABCMS for a finding of a disqualifying offense, including: the national sex offender registry; Connecticut sex offender registry; Connecticut Department of Social Services Administrative Actions List; Office of the Inspector General exclusion list;

    Read the source portal.ct.gov

  6. Criminal/Motor Vehicle Conviction Case Look-up

    Connecticut Judicial Branch

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before any offer, through the ABCMS registry checks
    BASIS
    DPH Policy and Procedure No. 15-01 § 6(a) (Conn. L.J., Aug. 18, 2015, under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(h))

    the long-term care facility shall conduct a check of all relevant registries listed within the ABCMS for a finding of a disqualifying offense, including: ... the Department's Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section License Verification System; and the Connecticut Judicial Branch Criminal Convictions Database.

    Read the source portal.ct.gov

  7. eLicense License Lookup

    Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section (shared eLicense system)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before any offer, for licensed or certified positions
    BASIS
    DPH Policy and Procedure No. 15-01 § 6(a) (Conn. L.J., Aug. 18, 2015, under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(h)); 42 CFR 484.100(b)

    the long-term care facility shall conduct a check of all relevant registries listed within the ABCMS for a finding of a disqualifying offense, including: ... the Department's Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section License Verification System; and the Connecticut Judicial Branch Criminal Convictions Database.

    Read the source portal.ct.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
    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
  • Fingerprint-based Connecticut and FBI criminal history check through ABCMS and the State Police before any offer, after the registry checks clear (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(a)(1)(B), (c); DPH Policy and Procedure 15-01 §§ 6(c), 7)
  • Conditional hire for up to 60 days only once fingerprints are taken, with direct on-site supervision and a signed no-disqualifying-offense statement (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491c(f)(2))
  • Signed ABCMS Consent and Disclosure Form kept in the personnel file (DPH Policy and Procedure 15-01 § 4)
  • Home health aide training and competency evaluation (42 CFR 484.80)

Why some registries are not screened yet

The registry blocks automated access
The registry's website turns away automated lookups. We don't work around that, so for now your staff search it themselves.
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 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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