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to hire or retain an individual after receiving notice that the applicant has a <br />conviction for an offense that would disqualify the applicant from having <br />unsupervised access to vulnerable adults as defined in Chapter 74.34 RCW, <br />then ODA shall deny payment for any subsequent services rendered by the <br />disqualified individual provider. The DSHS Background Check Central Unit <br />(BCCU) must be utilized to obtain background clearance . <br />d. Qualified Service Providers : The Contractor assures that all service providers <br />meet qualifications as outlined in the ODA Policy 6.13, Program Provider <br />Qualifications. <br />e. Home and Community Based Waiver Services Assignment of Medicaid Billing <br />Rights: The Contractor agrees to assign to the County its Medicaid billing rights <br />for services to ODA Clients eligible under Title XIX programs in this Program <br />Agreement. Written documentation shall be available to DSHS on request. <br />f . Reporting Abuse and Neglect: Contractor's staff, who are mandated reporters <br />under RCW 74.34.020 (13), must comply with reporting requirements describ ed <br />in RCW 74.34.035 and 040 RCW and 26.44 RCW. If the County is notified by <br />DSHS that a subcontractor staff membe r is cited or on the registry for a <br />subst.:mtiated finding, then that associated staff will be prohibited from providing <br />services under this Program Agreement. <br />g. Contractor reco gnizes that the County staff must perform on -site evaluations of <br />Contractor work sites and promptly report findings from such evaluations to <br />DSHS under the attached Program Agreement. The evaluation will have a <br />Quality Assurance and a Quality Improvement component and will include <br />objective measures to comply with ODA Criteria and Service Agreement. <br />Contractor shall provide full assistance with any such inspection and does <br />hereby waive any cause of action against the County, its officers or staff for any <br />action associated with such evaluations or reporting. <br />4. Statement of Work <br />a . The Contractor shall : <br />(1) Work with the ODA Region when individuals are referred for services; <br />(2) Work with the ODA Region to document planned services in the Individual's <br />Support Plan; <br />(3) Assist with informing the Region of any potential service level changes not <br />documented in the individual's DD Assessment prior to any changes; <br />Professional Services Agreement <br />Page 20