ILLINOIS · CARE PROGRAM
Supportive Living Program
Employees with resident contact or access to residents' quarters or records at HFS-certified supportive living facilities (89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235).
- Registries named
- 11
- Required
- 8
- Expected
- 3
- Screened by ezOIG
- 7 of 11
- Rules checked
- October 16, 2026
Required checks
Named by a regulation, a statute or the state's Medicaid agencyList 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, new unlicensed direct care staff (one of the six internet searches run with the Health Care Worker Registry check); no Illinois rule sets a repeat interval
- BASIS
- 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.165(c); 225 ILCS 46/15 ("initiate"); 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(l)
Educational entities and health care employers shall conduct Internet searches on certain web sites, including without limitation ... the website of the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to determine if the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, has been a prison inmate, or has committed Medicare or Medicaid fraud
Read the source ilga.gov
Health Care Worker Registry
Illinois Department of Public Health
SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire; the SLP rule names CNAs, and the Health Care Worker Background Check Act extends the check to every employee with resident contact
- BASIS
- 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(f)(2), (l); 225 ILCS 46/33(g)
Names of CNAs shall be checked against the Illinois Department of Public Health's Health Care Worker Registry prior to employment.
Read the source ilga.gov
Adult Protective Services Registry
Illinois Department on Aging (hosted by the Department of Public Health)
NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire and annually, anyone providing direct care (shown on the employer view of a Health Care Worker Registry record)
- BASIS
- 89 Ill. Adm. Code 270.404(c); 320 ILCS 20/7.5(c); 225 ILCS 46/25(d)
Direct care agencies are to conduct an online check: 1) prior to hiring a caregiver to determine whether the caregiver's identity has been placed on the Registry; and 2) on an annual basis for purposes of retention.
Read the source ilga.gov
Illinois Sex Offender Registry
Illinois State Police
NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire, new unlicensed direct care staff (one of the six internet searches run with the Health Care Worker Registry check)
- BASIS
- 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.165(c); 225 ILCS 46/15 ("initiate"); 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(l)
Educational entities and health care employers shall conduct Internet searches on certain web sites, including without limitation the Illinois Sex Offender Registry, the Department of Corrections' Sex Offender Search Engine, the Department of Corrections' Inmate Search Engine
Read the source ilga.gov
Parolee Sex Registrant Search
Illinois Department of Corrections
NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire, new unlicensed direct care staff (one of the six internet searches run with the Health Care Worker Registry check); covers registrants on IDOC parole or supervised release
- BASIS
- 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.165(c); 225 ILCS 46/15 ("initiate"); 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(l)
Educational entities and health care employers shall conduct Internet searches on certain web sites, including without limitation the Illinois Sex Offender Registry, the Department of Corrections' Sex Offender Search Engine, the Department of Corrections' Inmate Search Engine
Read the source ilga.gov
Individual in Custody Search
Illinois Department of Corrections
SCREENED BY EZOIG Offender registry search- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire, new unlicensed direct care staff (one of the six internet searches run with the Health Care Worker Registry check)
- BASIS
- 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.165(c); 225 ILCS 46/15 ("initiate"); 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(l)
Educational entities and health care employers shall conduct Internet searches on certain web sites, including without limitation the Illinois Sex Offender Registry, the Department of Corrections' Sex Offender Search Engine, the Department of Corrections' Inmate Search Engine
Read the source ilga.gov
Wanted Fugitives
Illinois Department of Corrections
SCREENED BY EZOIG Offender registry search- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire, new unlicensed direct care staff (one of the six internet searches run with the Health Care Worker Registry check)
- BASIS
- 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.165(c); 225 ILCS 46/15 ("initiate"); 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(l)
Educational entities and health care employers shall conduct Internet searches on certain web sites, including without limitation ... the Department of Corrections Wanted Fugitives Search Engine, the National Sex Offender Public Registry
Read the source ilga.gov
National Sex Offender Public Website
U.S. Department of Justice
NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches- WHEN
- AT HIRE Before hire, new unlicensed direct care staff (one of the six internet searches run with the Health Care Worker Registry check)
- BASIS
- 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.165(c); 225 ILCS 46/15 ("initiate"); 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(l)
Educational entities and health care employers shall conduct Internet searches on certain web sites, including without limitation ... the National Sex Offender Public Registry, and the website of the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
Read the source ilga.gov
Expected checks
Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outrightOIG Provider Sanctions List (Illinois Medicaid Sanctions List)
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Office of Inspector General
SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire; periodically after (standard practice)
- BASIS
- No rule names it for this program; HFS bars sanctioned persons from employment by Medicaid vendors, and 305 ILCS 5/12-4.25(E-5)(2)(f) penalizes contracting with an excluded person
Termination, barrment, and exclusion result in a vendor's disenrollment from the Medical Assistance Program. Such vendors are not eligible to submit claims for Medicaid services. In addition, these terminated, barred, and excluded vendors may not own, or be employed by, Medicaid vendors.
Read the source hfs.illinois.gov
License Lookup
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire, nurses and the dietitian
- BASIS
- 89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(g), (j) require Illinois licences; verifying them is standard practice
SAM.gov exclusions
General Services Administration
SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov- WHEN
- AT HIRE At hire; periodically after (standard practice)
- BASIS
- Standard practice; HFS screens enrolling Medicaid providers against SAM in IMPACT (HFS Handbook Chapter 100, Topic 101.6), no rule names it for staff
Also required
Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these- Criminal history background check that conforms to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act for all employees with resident contact or access; conditional employment up to 3 months (89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(l))
- Nursing assistant training and competency evaluation within 120 days of employment for CNAs (89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(f)(1))
- Tuberculin skin test for each employee and volunteer (89 Ill. Adm. Code 146.235(m))
- Hire and separation dates entered in the Health Care Worker Registry within 30 days, and employment verified there at least annually (225 ILCS 46/33(i); 77 Ill. Adm. Code 955.145)
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.
- 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 Illinois's rules for this program, checked against the regulations as of October 16, 2026. Rules change, and an agency's own contract or license can add to them. Confirm what applies to you with Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) or your own counsel before relying on it.
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