Background Screening Information for CDC+

APD has joined a statewide screening database, "The Clearinghouse." The purpose of the Clearinghouse is to provide a single data source for background screening results for persons screened for employment or licensure that provide services to children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

The Clearinghouse provides numerous benefits to you, including:

• long-term reduced costs,
• email notification of disqualifying offense arrests after initial screening, 
• alerts when a rescreening is due,
• and more up-to-date information

The Clearinghouse allows the results of criminal history checks to be shared among specified state agencies, reducing duplicative screenings for individuals requiring screening across multiple state agencies.

CDC+ consumers are the employer of record, consumer/representatives are required to register in the Clearinghouse to initiate a background screening on their prospective providers and/or rescreening for current providers and obtain the screening results from the online database.

All consumers hiring new providers will be able to use the Clearinghouse.

Your current providers will go through this new process at the time of their 5-year rescreening or if they experience a lapse of employment of over 90 days and are required to be screened. Additionally, an Employee/Contractor Roster is required and must be kept up to date.

CDC+ Representative Background Screenings

All CDC+ Representatives, with the exception of self-representatives, are required to undergo a background screening, pursuant to 409.221 and s.393.0655, Florida Statutes (F.S.).

The chart below provides the due date for each CDC+ Representative to have successfully completed, passed, and submitted their level 2 background screening clearance to the CDC+ program, based on the Region that serves the Consumer.

For more information, please see the Representative Background Screenings Advisory and the CDC+ Representative Background Screening Reimbursement Cover Sheet(s), which are linked below:

• Action Required Background Screening of CDC+ Representatives
• Aksyon Ki Nesese Egzamen Reprezantan CDC+ Yo
• Accion Requerida Verificacion de Antecedentes de los Representantes de CDC+
• Representative Background Screening Reimbursement Cover Sheet
• Paj Kouveti Ranbousman Reprezentan CDC+ La
• Portada de Reembolso de Verificacion de Antecedentes de Representantes de CDC+

To access the Clearinghouse Registration website click: AHCA Portal Login.

If you have any questions or need technical assistance, please contact:
CDC+ Customer Service
1-866-761-7043