NOW AVAILABLE!

CAHSAH is pleased to announce that its Home Care Aide Organization Certification Program is now available. This program allows home care aide organizations or components of home care organizations which provide home care aide services to submit evidence that they meet CAHSAH's Minimum Standards for Home Care Aide Organizations. After verifying that the evidence submitted is complete, CAHSAH will issue the organization a certificate indicating that they have met CAHSAH's Minimum Standards.

		The Minimum Standards (required documents) include:
		General and Professional Liability Insurance Workers’ Compensation Insurance Pre-employment Background Clearance on Each Individual Hired as a Home Care Aide Employee Dishonesty Bond Pre-employment Tuberculosis Screening for Each Individual Hired as a Home Care Aide Service Agreement Including a Specification of Fees
Click Here		To download the PROCEDURE FOR HOME CARE AIDE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATION.
Click Here		To download the APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION AS A HOME CARE AIDE ORGANIZATION.

You may submit the completed application along with the six required documents by mail to:

CAHSAH
Attention: Michele Lander
3780 Rosin Court, Suite 190
Sacramento, CA 95834

This Certification Program was developed as an alternative to licensure of home care organizations as proposed by AB853 (Jones). We feel a Certification Program, administered by CAHSAH, may achieve many of the same objectives we sought to accomplish in AB853 at far less cost. Please note: The Certification Program is a voluntary program. CAHSAH members can decide whether or not to become certified. Non-CAHSAH members will be able to become certified if they meet the standards and pay a fee.

Click here to view the agencies who have received their CERTIFICATION.

CAHSAH hopes that home care aide organizations or home care organization components of larger home care organizations will apply for certification.

If you have questions, please contact Michele Lander at mlander@cahsah.org or (916) 641-5795, ext. 129.