The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions regarding electronic timesheets for In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) providers. IHSS timesheets can now be submitted electronically using the Electronic Timesheet Service (ETS). The ETS allows providers and recipients to enter time worked and submit timesheets, and view the previous three months of timesheet history.
ETS is optional. To use it, both the provider and the recipient need to enroll. After both the provider and the recipient are enrolled, the provider submits the timesheet and the recipient approves it. Providers will not be able to submit their timesheets for recipient approval if the timesheet has errors. Examples of errors that will block submitting the time sheet are hours claimed exceed remaining recipient authorized hours , hours claimed exceed remaining provider assigned hours, no remaining recipient authorized hours , no remaining provider assigned hours, hours claimed exceed weekly maximum, and hours claimed exceed monthly overtime maximum and hours exceed overtime exemption limitation.
Providers and recipients can opt-out of ETS at any time. (ACL 17-76, July 14, 2017.)