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CMHSP/PIHP Specialty Supports and Services (incl. Habilitation Supports Waiver)

Employees, subcontractor employees and volunteers of PIHPs and their network providers serving people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental illness (community living supports, respite, skill building). Licensed residential settings also follow the AFC rules.

CMH SUPPORTS · ON FILE
Registries named
8
Required
7
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 8
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 Monthly, and at enrollment or a change of ownership, for network provider entities, their owners and managing employees (the PIHP runs it); the contract does not name this check for front-line staff
    BASIS
    MDHHS–PIHP Medicaid contract (template effective October 1, 2026), Schedule A § T.19.d (Program Integrity, Exclusions Monitoring)

    Contractor must search the OIG exclusions database and the State of Michigan Sanctioned Provider list monthly to capture exclusions and reinstatements that have occurred since the last search, or at any time providers submit new disclosure information.

    Read the source michigan.gov

  2. MDHHS Sanctioned Provider List

    Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    MONTHLY Monthly, and at enrollment or a change of ownership, for network provider entities, their owners and managing employees (the PIHP runs it); the contract does not name this check for front-line staff
    BASIS
    MDHHS–PIHP Medicaid contract (template effective October 1, 2026), Schedule A § T.19.d (Program Integrity, Exclusions Monitoring)

    Contractor must search the OIG exclusions database and the State of Michigan Sanctioned Provider list monthly to capture exclusions and reinstatements that have occurred since the last search, or at any time providers submit new disclosure information.

    Read the source michigan.gov

  3. Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT)

    Michigan State Police, Criminal Justice Information Center

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, each new employee, subcontractor employee or volunteer
    BASIS
    MDHHS–PIHP Medicaid contract (template effective October 1, 2026), Schedule A § 2.5.B.1

    Conduct a search that reveals information substantially similar to information found on an Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT) check and a national and state sex offender registry check for each new employee, subcontractor, subcontractor employee, or volunteer (including students and interns) who works under this Contract.

    Read the source michigan.gov

  4. Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry (PSOR)

    Michigan State Police

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry blocks automated access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, each new employee, subcontractor employee or volunteer
    BASIS
    MDHHS–PIHP Medicaid contract (template effective October 1, 2026), Schedule A § 2.5.B.1

    Conduct a search that reveals information substantially similar to information found on an Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT) check and a national and state sex offender registry check for each new employee, subcontractor, subcontractor employee, or volunteer (including students and interns) who works under this Contract.

    Read the source michigan.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 At hire, each new employee, subcontractor employee or volunteer
    BASIS
    MDHHS–PIHP Medicaid contract (template effective October 1, 2026), Schedule A § 2.5.B.1

    Conduct a search that reveals information substantially similar to information found on an Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT) check and a national and state sex offender registry check for each new employee, subcontractor, subcontractor employee, or volunteer (including students and interns) who works under this Contract.

    Read the source michigan.gov

  6. Michigan Children's Protective Services Central Registry

    Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

    NOT SCREENED YET Checked by request to the agency
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, for those who work directly with children
    BASIS
    MDHHS–PIHP Medicaid contract (template effective October 1, 2026), Schedule A § 2.5.B.2

    Conduct a Central Registry (CR) check for each new employee, subcontractor, subcontractor employee, or volunteer (including students and interns) who under this Contract works directly with children.

    Read the source michigan.gov

  7. Find / Verify a Licensed Professional (Bureau of Professional Licensing)

    Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

    SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, licensed health care staff and practitioners; again at recredentialing under MDHHS's credentialing process
    BASIS
    MDHHS–PIHP Medicaid contract (template effective October 1, 2026), Schedule A § 2.5.A

    must ensure that each direct-hire or contractually employed individual health care staff and/or practitioner meets all background checks, applicable licensing, scope of practice, contractual, and Medicaid Provider Manual (MPM) requirements.

    Read the source michigan.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
    The PIHP contract names SAM for network provider entities, owners and managing employees at enrollment; for staff it is practice

    Contractor must search the following databases ... 3) System for Award Management (SAM) information can be found in this contract under the Federal Provisions Addendum.

    Read the source michigan.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Written notice from each worker of criminal convictions, pending felony charges or Central Registry placement, at hire or within 10 days (MDHHS–PIHP contract, Schedule A, § 2.5.B.3)
  • Respite and CLS workers in good standing with the law: not a fugitive, not a convicted felon under jurisdiction or whose felony relates to the duties (Medicaid Provider Manual, Behavioral Health and IDD Supports and Services)
  • Recipient rights training and first aid for aides (Medicaid Provider Manual, Behavioral Health and IDD Supports and Services)

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.
Checked by request to the agency
The agency answers a written request or form rather than an online search.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Michigan'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 Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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