Screening in Kansas

How ezOIG screens in Kansas

Kansas's programs

• SUPPORTIVE CARE

  Home Health Agency: Supportive Care Services

  Supportive care workers (unsupervised help with daily living at home) employed by licensed home health agencies, Kansas's non-medical home care (K.S.A. 65-5101(k), (l)). The same agency's HCBS staff follow the HCBS programs below.

  1 required check, 0 screened by ezOIG · 4 expected

• ASSISTED LIVING

  Assisted Living, Residential Health Care and Home Plus

  Facility and contract staff of assisted living facilities, residential health care facilities and homes plus (K.A.R. 26-41, 26-42). The records rule leaves staff licensed or registered by a state agency out of the criminal check, though the current text of K.S.A. 39-970 has no such exemption.

  2 required checks, 0 screened by ezOIG · 3 expected

• ADULT DAY CARE

  Adult Day Care Facility

  Staff and contract staff of licensed adult day care facilities (K.A.R. 26-43). Adult day care is also a Frail Elderly waiver service; those providers follow the HCBS Background Check Policy as well.

  5 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• HCBS AGENCY

  HCBS Waiver Services, Agency-Directed (Frail Elderly, Physical Disability, Brain Injury, Autism, Technology Assisted, SED, Community Support)

  Every employee of an agency-directed HCBS provider with direct access, under the KDADS HCBS Background Check Policy, which the KMAP waiver manuals adopt; an agency providing attendant care is a licensed home health agency (K.S.A. 65-5101(c)), so K.S.A. 65-5117 applies too.

  9 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG

• I/DD

  I/DD Waiver Services and Licensed Community Service Providers

  Staff of KDADS-licensed providers of intellectual and developmental disability services (K.S.A. 39-2001 et seq.) and I/DD waiver providers: K.S.A. 39-2009 requires the KDADS check and the HCBS Background Check Policy sets the rest.

  9 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG

• SELF-DIRECTED

  Self-Directed HCBS (FMS providers and direct support workers)

  Personal care and other direct support workers hired by participants who self-direct, paid through an FMS provider. The checks are the same, but only an OIG exclusion bars hiring: a participant may hire past any other finding after reviewing it and filing an attestation with the FMS provider and MCO.

  8 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG

Federal core programs

• HOME HEALTH

  Home Health Agency

  Everyone who works for a licensed home health agency, including contract and employment-agency staff with direct access; the registry check is for home health aides. Supportive care and HCBS attendant care under the same licence are separate programs here.

  5 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 3 expected

• HOSPICE

  Hospice

  Hospice employees and contracted staff with direct patient contact or access to records. No Kansas hospice licence or hospice background-check law was found, so 42 CFR 418.114(d) sets the criminal check.

  3 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 3 expected

• NURSING FACILITY

  Nursing Facility

  Every employee, employment-agency and contract worker with direct access in a nursing facility or nursing facility for mental health; nurse aides also through the registry.

  6 required checks, 2 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

State Medicaid exclusion lists

• Kansas Medicaid Terminated Provider List Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Health Care Finance Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Adult Day Care, HCBS Agency, I/DD and Self-Directed
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access

Criminal record checks

• Kansas Criminal History Record Search Kansas Bureau of Investigation (Kansas.gov portal) Named by Hospice
  NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
• KDADS Criminal Record Check Program (Health Occupations Credentialing) Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Health Occupations Credentialing Named by Home Health, Nursing Facility, Supportive Care, Assisted Living, Adult Day Care, HCBS Agency, I/DD and Self-Directed
  NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account

Nurse aide registries

• Kansas Nurse Aide Registry Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Health Occupations Credentialing Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, Supportive Care, Assisted Living, Adult Day Care, HCBS Agency, I/DD and Self-Directed
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access

Licenses

• KSBN License Verification Kansas State Board of Nursing Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, HCBS Agency and I/DD
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access

Abuse and misconduct registries

• Adult Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Central Registry Kansas Department for Children and Families, Prevention and Protection Services Named by Home Health, Nursing Facility, Supportive Care, Assisted Living, Adult Day Care, HCBS Agency, I/DD and Self-Directed
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

Child abuse registries

• Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry Kansas Department for Children and Families, Prevention and Protection Services Named by HCBS Agency, I/DD and Self-Directed
  NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency

Also screened

No Kansas program's rules name these, and ezOIG screens them anyway.

• Kansas Registered Offender Registry Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Offender Registration Unit
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check

• List of Excluded Individuals/Entities HHS Office of Inspector General
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against the HHS-OIG list
• SAM.gov exclusions General Services Administration
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
• Specially Designated Nationals list U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sanctions check against the Treasury's SDN list
• National Sex Offender Public Website U.S. Department of Justice
  NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches