PASC HOMECARE REGISTRY -
IHSS PROVIDER’S SERVICES AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
If you need assistance in reading or understanding this document, you should obtain
the help of a trusted family member, friend or representative.
You intend to use the services of the PASC Homecare Registry. The Registry provides
referrals of IHSS homecare Providers to participating Consumers. For certain eligible enrolled
Consumers, the Registry also provides referrals of temporary back-up attendants under the PASC
Back-up Attendant Program. The term “Provider” as used in this Agreement covers both
regular Providers and also Back-up Attendants. As a condition for your use of the services of
the Registry, the following matters are acknowledged and agreed upon:
1.
Registry’s Limited Role: PASC operates the Homecare Registry, free of charge to all
participants, primarily for the purpose of assisting individual Consumers and Providers to
make contact with one another and possibly form an employment relationship. The Registry
does not perform any background checks of the Consumer participants in Registry
programs. Nor does the Registry supervise the Consumer or the employment. You
therefore must use your own judgment and assume all risks of accepting or engaging in
the employment relationship with any Consumer.
2.
Consumer is the Employer: The Consumer has the sole authority to hire, assign duties,
supervise, and terminate you, and you have the right to resign from any Consumer’s
employment. The Registry has no role in such decisions. The provision of paramedical
services such as insulin injections and feeding tube assistance by any Provider (including
back-up attendants) is solely under the authority of the Consumer and the Consumer’s
physician, not the Registry. PASC has no responsibility for employment matters, for any
injuries that may arise out of the referral or the employment, or for investigating or
resolving any disputes, losses or injuries that may arise between a Provider and
Consumer.
3.
Availability of Referrals: The Registry has no control over the nature or volume of
Consumer requests for referrals, nor the number of Providers who may be available at any
given time, and therefore the Registry cannot assure the volume of referrals that may be
available to Providers at any given time.
4.
Criminal Background Checks: The statutory authority for determining the standards
for disqualification of a prospective or existing IHSS provider is Welfare & Institutions
Code (W&IC) Sections 12305.81 and 12305.87. The Registry abides by prevailing state
laws concerning an applicant’s eligibility to work as an IHSS Provider. Also, in the event that
the Registry learns of a later disqualifying conviction or incarceration, it may report that to the
Consumer who is then employing you as a Provider. If any dispute arises concerning the
impact of the criminal background check upon a Provider’s access to the Registry, it shall be
resolved solely under procedures of the Registry Review Committee, and shall not be subject
to any further proceedings or litigation of any nature.
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