Screening in Texas

How ezOIG screens in Texas

Texas's programs

• PAS

  Personal Attendant Services (PHC, CAS, FC and CFC, agency option)

  HCSSA agencies licensed for personal assistance services that deliver Primary Home Care, Community Attendant Services, Family Care and Community First Choice attendant care; checks cover attendants and other unlicensed staff with client contact.

  7 required checks, 6 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• CDS

  Consumer Directed Services (CDS) option

  Attendants and other service providers hired by an individual employer or designated representative through a financial management services agency (FMSA), which runs or documents the checks.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG

• DAHS

  Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS)

  Licensed adult day facilities, including those with HHSC DAHS or Title XX contracts; the registry search applies before offering employment to anyone, the DPS check to unlicensed staff.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 2 expected

• ASSISTED LIVING

  Assisted Living Facility (incl. Residential Care contracts)

  Licensed assisted living facilities, including those holding HHSC assisted living or residential care contracts; the DPS check covers every employee, licensed or not.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• AFC

  Adult Foster Care (AFC)

  HHSC-contracted adult foster care homes: the provider, substitute providers and any employees; homes for four to eight residents also hold an assisted living licence and follow those rules.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• HCS

  Home and Community-based Services (HCS) waiver

  HCS program providers (IDD waiver, exempt from HCSSA licensing): staff members, service providers including host home/companion care, contractors and volunteers.

  8 required checks, 7 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• TXHML/CLASS/DBMD

  TxHmL, CLASS and DBMD waivers

  Texas Home Living program providers (exempt from licensing) and CLASS and DBMD agencies (HCSSA-licensed): staff, contractors and volunteers, under the HHSC contract rules in 26 TAC chapter 52.

  7 required checks, 6 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

Federal core programs

• HOME HEALTH

  Home Health Agency (HCSSA, licensed home health services)

  Home and community support services agencies licensed for home health, Medicare-certified or not; the criminal and registry checks cover unlicensed staff and volunteers with face-to-face client contact.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• HOSPICE

  Hospice (HCSSA, licensed hospice services)

  Licensed hospice agencies, including inpatient units; the criminal check covers every employee and volunteer with direct client contact or access to client records, licensed or not.

  7 required checks, 6 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

• NURSING FACILITY

  Nursing Facility

  Licensed nursing facilities; the DPS criminal check covers every employee, licensed or not (Tex. Health & Safety Code § 250.003(a-1)), and the registry checks cover unlicensed employees and nurse aides.

  6 required checks, 5 screened by ezOIG · 1 expected

State Medicaid exclusion lists

• HHSC-OIG Exclusions List (Texas Medicaid List of Excluded Individuals/Entities) Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Inspector General Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, PAS, CDS, DAHS, Assisted Living, AFC, HCS and TxHmL/CLASS/DBMD
  SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check

Sex offender registries

• Texas Public Sex Offender Registry Texas Department of Public Safety Named by HCS
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check

Criminal record checks

• Criminal History Conviction Name Search (Computerized Criminal History, CCH) Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records Division Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, PAS, CDS, DAHS, Assisted Living, AFC, HCS and TxHmL/CLASS/DBMD
  NOT SCREENED YET Requires an employer account

Nurse aide registries

• Nurse Aide Registry (NAR) Texas Health and Human Services Commission Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, PAS, CDS, DAHS, Assisted Living, AFC, HCS and TxHmL/CLASS/DBMD
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check

Licenses

• Texas Board of Nursing License Verification Texas Board of Nursing Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, PAS, CDS, DAHS, HCS and TxHmL/CLASS/DBMD
  SCREENED BY EZOIG License verification

Abuse and misconduct registries

• Employee Misconduct Registry (EMR) Texas Health and Human Services Commission Named by Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Facility, PAS, CDS, DAHS, Assisted Living, AFC, HCS and TxHmL/CLASS/DBMD
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Abuse registry search

Other registries

• Debarred Vendor List Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Named by Hospice, PAS, DAHS, Assisted Living, AFC, HCS and TxHmL/CLASS/DBMD
  SCREENED BY EZOIG Read with the state's exclusion list 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