OpportunityTitle: Nationwide Program for National and State Background Checks for Direct Patient Access Employees of Long Term Care Facilities and Providers
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: States may apply for funding under this grant opportunity.  By ?State? we refer to the definition provided under 45 CFR 74.2 as ?any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of a State exclusive of local governments.?  By ?territory or possession? we mean Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  A State?s Office of the Governor, State Medicaid Agency, or State Survey Agency (SA) may apply for funding under this grant opportunity.
Description: Title VI, Subtitle B, Part III, Subtitle C, Section 6201 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), to establish a nationwide program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long term care facilities and providers to conduct background checks on a statewide basis on all prospective direct patient access employees. CMS is inviting proposals from all States and U.S. territories to be considered for inclusion in this National Background Check Program which will be in effect through 2013. Federal matching funds are available to all States and U.S. territories that meet the requirements described in section 6201 of the ACA and that provide an application that is scored at 69.5 points or greater by the Federal technical panel. The national program will be evaluated by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG). CMS will award a technical support contract to support the States that are selected to participate in the program. This program announcement provides States with information concerning application procedures, general policy considerations, and criteria to be used in reviewing applications and selecting States.
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