The latest information and instructions regarding the Beckwith and the IHSS provider disqualifications. It also corrects the answer in ACL 10-05 regarding the impact of expungements.  The state decided that since the disqualification statute refers to “conviction,” that they would disqualify those with expunged records. Counties further are  instructed to retain copies of all criminal offender record information (CORI) responses received from the California DOJ pending final resolution of this litigation. These records are required to be stored in a confidential manner with access only to authorized personnel. Upon final resolution of this litigation, counties can return to the usual practice of destroying the CORI responses once the county’s business need is fulfilled. [Download]

A reminder of the rules, and provides the notices, regarding IHSS providers who have not yet completed all of the expanded enrollment requirements.  The new deadline is December 31, 2010.  [Download]

Assembly Bill X 4 19 provided funding for 78 special positions for that law’s anti-fraud initiative for the IHSS program. This ACL explains the scope of responsibilities for these special staff, whose roles differ from those of the “quality assurance” staff already working in IHSS administration. [Download]