IHSS
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Federal judge halts implementation of new IHSS overtime rules
On January 14, 2015, Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia issued a ruling vacating the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised companionship services definition scheduled to take effect the following day. In response, CDSS…
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IHSS provider enrollment orientation rules change next month
Beginning April 1, 2015, prospective IHSS providers must attend an in-person provider enrollment orientation that includes training and materials detailing the applicable federal and state minimum wage, overtime, travel time and wait time laws. Counties must provide the…
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New IHSS time sheet and reimbursement processes implemented
IHSS providers who provide services to different recipients at different locations on the same workday are now eligible to be paid for up to 7 hours of travel time per work week in accordance with Welf. & Inst.…
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Clarification for using personal care services to meet Medi-Cal share of cost
DHCS recently clarified the process for using out-of-pocket expenses from personal care services to meet current or future share of cost amounts. Previously, IHSS needed to assess and approve the need for personal care services, and the out-of-pocket…
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Required hard-copy documentation for IHSS inter-county transfers
Resolving what must have been a heated dispute between various counties when processing inter-county transfers of IHSS cases, CDSS has verified that, notwithstanding the fact the form is not listed among required forms in the Manual of Policies…
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New video for IHSS providers and recipients on timesheet changes in 2015
CDSS has made available a new online video, available in English, Spanish, Armenian and Chinese, that demonstrates how providers are to document overtime and travel time that will be compensable beginning January 1, 2015. The video explains the…
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ACL 14-76: Implementation Of Provisions Of Senate Bills 855 And 873 Relating To The IHSS And Waiver Personal Care Services Programs (10/8/14)
Instructions on the AB 855 and SB 873 limit on the number of authorized hours providers in the IHSS and and Waiver Personal Care Services (WPCS) programs are permitted to work in a workweek. The letter provides information and…
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ACL 14-68: IHSS Advance Pay And Provider Enrollment Requirements (11/3/14)
Instructions on the prohibition of using Advance Pay money to pay Individual Providers who have not completed the IHSS provider enrollment process and have not enrolled as IHSS providers, and a review of the time sheet rules. The…
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ACL 14-53: IHSS Overpayment Recoveries (9/23/14)
Reviews the details of the “before and after” scenarios of Overpayment recoveries, now that counties no longer get a percentage of the recovered funds back into the county coffers. [Download]
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ACIN I-35-14: Release Of The Report Of Program Integrity And Anti Fraud Efforts In The In Home Supportive Services Program For Fiscal Year (FY) 2012/13 (7/8/14)
The Notice provides the background on why the report was done, and releases the Fraud Integrity report. (NOTE: The report doesn’t appear on-line at the link provided in the ACIN…but hopefully will soon!) [Download]