Office of System Support & Standards

The Office of System Support and Standards (OSSAS) is responsible for support and assistance to county boards to enhance the culture of service coordination and individual-driven service planning and support, development of the statewide assessment and ISP, and system support related to service and support administrators (SSA), Qualified Intellectual Disability Professionals (QIDP), and those who supervise them.
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Explore information from employee background checks requirements to the requirements for settings that provide home and community-based waiver services.

Home and Community-Based Services Settings
When providers are certified by DODD they attest that they will comply with the requirements of Medicaid, which include requirements for integration and inclusion.
Office of System Support and Standards
The Office of System Support and Standards conducts compliance reviews in licensed waiver funded settings, unlicensed waiver-funded settings, licensed intermediate care facilities, and with county boards of developmental disabilities.

Provider-Owned Housing
In its Community Integration Rule, CMS requires that provider-owned and provider-controlled homes have a lease or comparable rental agreement with the people living in those homes.

Heightened Scrutiny
Providers that self-identify as being located at an isolating location but believe their services overcome that barrier can request a special review of their site.