1. National Background Check Project
Date: May 22nd, 2013
Presenters: Terry Reusser, Ron Burton, Jon Lucero

2. Project Background
Project foundation is the Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program (CCHSP) statute of 1998
Requires caregivers to undergo a nationwide criminal history screening to ensure to the highest degree possible the prevention of abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of care recipients
Since the inception of the CCHSP, application volume has increased 10 times:
3,864 in State FY 1999 to 35,000 in State FY 2010
There have also been important advancements in technologies
Project Foundation
New Mexico has been a national leader in CCHSP
Selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of only seven states to participate in the Pilot Program completed in 2006.
Since the inception
Resource demands have been high on providers, DOH and DPS to keep up with the pace and maintain the accuracy of screening.
Improvements in technologies for scanning and reporting, as well as training and compliance processes are pivotal to ensuring continued protection of care recipients.

3. Project Background
To help secure these new advancements in criminal history screening, New Mexico was recently awarded a new competitive Federal grant by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Federal funding totaling $1.5 million comes from FY National Background Check Program grant (NBCP) under section 6201 of the Affordable Care Act.
Non-federal match funds of $500,000 will be generated from NM State Licensing fees, State civil monetary penalties and fees collected to perform criminal background checks.

4. Project Highlights Funds requested for this certification: $904,650
Project Phase Certification Request: Implementation
Project Start Date: January 1, 2011
Project End Date: December 31, 2013
Total IT Project Value: $1.25 million (federal & state)
Total Expended to date: $315,000

5. Project Overview
Business Objectives

6. Project Overview
Technical Objectives

7. Project Activities – Progress Made
Preparing the foundation of the new Background Screening process

8. Project Activities – Next Steps
Implement the improved background
screening solution
Launch CCHSP 2.0
Train ~2000 Providers
Launch Live scan statewide
A total of 30 sites will be ready at launch
Build and launch Rap Back functionality
6 separate interfaces
Interface requirements currently under development
Brought developer on board in March

9. Project Timeline

10. Questions?