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NORTH CAROLINA · CARE PROGRAM

Home Assistance Services (companion, sitter, respite, homemaker)

Employees and contractors of licensed home assistance services providers, which give non-hands-on companion, sitter, respite and homemaker services and may not bill Medicaid or any health plan (G.S. 131E-138(i)(1)).

HOME ASSISTANCE · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
1
Expected
3
Screened by ezOIG
2 of 4
Rules checked
October 16, 2026

Required checks

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

  1. 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, employees and contractors
    BASIS
    G.S. 131E-138(i)(3)

    Home assistance services providers shall not do any of the following: ... (3) Employ or contract with an individual listed on the National Sex Offender Public Website.

    Read the source ncleg.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
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    Standard practice for agencies serving elders; these providers cannot bill Medicaid, so no enrollment duty applies

  2. Statewide criminal record search (North Carolina court records)

    North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts

    NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire, employees and contractors who lived in North Carolina in the past seven years
    BASIS
    Covers the North Carolina part of the criminal background check in each state of residence over seven years that G.S. 131E-138(h)(3) requires; the statute names no source

  3. N.C. Health Care Personnel Registry

    NC DHHS Division of Health Service Regulation

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Abuse registry search
    WHEN
    AT HIRE At hire
    BASIS
    G.S. 131E-140(a)(4) authorizes a rule barring these providers from hiring people with Health Care Personnel Registry findings; no rule applying it to them was found

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal background check in every state where the employee or contractor lived in the past seven years (G.S. 131E-138(h)(3)); nobody convicted of a relevant offense as defined in G.S. 131D-40(d) (G.S. 131E-138(i)(2))
  • Valid driver's licence, vehicle registration, proof of insurance and an official NC DMV driving record for each employee or contractor (G.S. 131E-138(h)(4))
  • Annual attestation of compliance (G.S. 131E-138(h)(6))

Why some registries are not screened yet

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 North Carolina'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 NC Medicaid (Division of Health Benefits, NC Department of Health and Human Services) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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