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Senior In-Home Services (Lighthouse, FAIR and Older Americans Act)

Direct care workers of county aging providers giving personal care in the state-funded Lighthouse and FAIR programs and Older Americans Act in-home services. The Bureau of Senior Services' manuals leave it to each provider to decide which staff the WV CARES law covers; personal care workers are covered.

SENIOR IN-HOME · ON FILE
Registries named
7
Required
6
Expected
1
Screened by ezOIG
5 of 7
Rules checked
October 16, 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
    AT HIRE Before hire (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
    BASIS
    W. Va. Code §16B-15-1 (covered provider: provider of personal care services), -3; 71 CSR 11-2.4, 2.12, 3.1; Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §X; Title III Services Operations Manual §300.7.4; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)

    Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to the Office of the Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals and Entities

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  2. West Virginia Medicaid Provider Exclusions and Terminations

    Bureau for Medical Services, West Virginia Department of Human Services (published on the Gainwell WV Medicaid portal)

    SCREENED BY EZOIG State Medicaid exclusion list check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
    BASIS
    W. Va. Code §16B-15-1 (covered provider: provider of personal care services), -3; 71 CSR 11-2.4, 2.12, 3.1; Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §X; Title III Services Operations Manual §300.7.4; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)

    Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to the Office of the Inspector General List of Excluded Individuals and Entities, West Virginia Medicaid Exclusions List

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  3. West Virginia Nurse Aide Registry

    Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification (OHFLAC), Office of Inspector General

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Nurse aide registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
    BASIS
    W. Va. Code §16B-15-1 (covered provider: provider of personal care services), -3; 71 CSR 11-2.4, 2.12, 3.1; Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §X; Title III Services Operations Manual §300.7.4; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)

    Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... National Nurse Aide Registry, West Virginia Nurse Aide Registry

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  4. National Sex Offender Public Website

    U.S. Department of Justice

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
    BASIS
    W. Va. Code §16B-15-1 (covered provider: provider of personal care services), -3; 71 CSR 11-2.4, 2.12, 3.1; Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §X; Title III Services Operations Manual §300.7.4; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)

    Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... National Sex Offender public website

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  5. West Virginia Sex Offender Registry

    West Virginia State Police

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Sex offender registry check
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
    BASIS
    W. Va. Code §16B-15-1 (covered provider: provider of personal care services), -3; 71 CSR 11-2.4, 2.12, 3.1; Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §X; Title III Services Operations Manual §300.7.4; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)

    Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... National Sex Offender public website, and West Virginia Sex Offender Registry.

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

  6. SAM.gov exclusions

    General Services Administration

    SCREENED BY EZOIG Federal exclusion check against SAM.gov
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Before hire (WV CARES prescreening), and again 60 to 90 days before the WV CARES clearance expires
    BASIS
    W. Va. Code §16B-15-1 (covered provider: provider of personal care services), -3; 71 CSR 11-2.4, 2.12, 3.1; Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §X; Title III Services Operations Manual §300.7.4; W. Va. Code §16B-15-3(g) (subsequent prescreening before the clearance expires)

    Prescreening. -- means a mandatory search of internet-based registries and databases for exclusions and licensure status prior to the submission of fingerprints ... Registries and databases included in prescreening include, but are not limited to ... GSA System for Award Management

    Read the source law.cornell.edu

Expected checks

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

  1. Registered Professional Nurse License Lookup

    West Virginia Board of Registered Professional Nurses

    NOT SCREENED YET The registry's terms forbid automated searches
    WHEN
    AT HIRE Upon hire and thereafter; RNs, social workers and counselors
    BASIS
    Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §V requires professional credentials verified upon hire; a Bureau of Senior Services program manual, not a rule or Medicaid document

    Minimum credentials for professional staff (RN’s, social workers, counselors, etc.) must be verified upon hire and thereafter based upon their individual professional license requirements and must be kept current.

    Read the source wvseniorservices.gov

Also required

Not registry lookups; ezOIG doesn't run these
  • Criminal investigation background check through WV CARES for the employees the law covers, as each provider determines (Lighthouse Program Policy Manual §X; Title III Services Operations Manual §300.7.4)
  • No provisional employment for personal care workers while the WV CARES determination is pending (71 CSR 11-6.4)

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.

Guidance, not legal advice

This page summarizes ezOIG's research into West Virginia'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 West Virginia Department of Human Services, Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) or your own counsel before relying on it.

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