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OLTL Home and Community-Based Services (Community HealthChoices, OBRA waiver, Act 150)

Staff and contractors of providers of personal assistance, respite and other OLTL waiver and Act 150 services under 55 Pa. Code Ch. 52 (written for the waivers Community HealthChoices later absorbed), on top of their licensing rules.

OLTL HCBS · ON FILE
Registries named
4
Required
4
Expected
0
Screened by ezOIG
3 of 4
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 and monthly
    BASIS
    55 Pa. Code § 52.11(a)(5)(xi); MA Bulletin 99-11-05 sets the monthly cadence

    (xi) Initial and continued screening for staff members and contractors to determine if they have been excluded from participation in Federal health care programs by reviewing the LEIE, EPLS and Medicheck.

    Read the source pacodeandbulletin.gov

  2. Medicheck List (Precluded Providers)

    Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Bureau of Program Integrity

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    55 Pa. Code § 52.11(a)(5)(xi); MA Bulletin 99-11-05 sets the monthly cadence

    (xi) Initial and continued screening for staff members and contractors to determine if they have been excluded from participation in Federal health care programs by reviewing the LEIE, EPLS and Medicheck.

    Read the source pacodeandbulletin.gov

  3. Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH)

    Pennsylvania State Police

    NOT SCREENED YET Paid access
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hiring any employee who may have contact with a participant; provisional hire up to 30 days (§ 52.20)
    BASIS
    55 Pa. Code § 52.19(b)(1)

    A report of criminal history record information from the Pennsylvania State Police or a statement from the Pennsylvania State Police that the Pennsylvania State Police Central Repository does not contain information relating to that person

    Read the source pacodeandbulletin.gov

  4. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    MONTHLY At hire and monthly
    BASIS
    55 Pa. Code § 52.11(a)(5)(xi) names EPLS, now SAM.gov exclusions

    (xi) Initial and continued screening for staff members and contractors to determine if they have been excluded from participation in Federal health care programs by reviewing the LEIE, EPLS and Medicheck.

    Read the source pacodeandbulletin.gov

Expected checks

Standard practice, or implied by a provider's enrollment duties; no rule names them outright

None for this program.

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • FBI criminal history record for employees not resident in Pennsylvania for two years (55 Pa. Code § 52.19(b)(2))
  • Employee Social Security Number verification (55 Pa. Code §§ 52.11(a)(5)(x), 52.14(l))
  • Annual training on preventing abuse and exploitation and on reporting critical incidents (55 Pa. Code § 52.21(d))

Why some registries are not screened yet

Paid access
The agency charges for access, and ezOIG doesn't include it yet.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into Pennsylvania'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 Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (Office of Medical Assistance Programs) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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