From OVR:
Hello SE Providers!
I wanted to send a friendly reminder about the requirements for SE Provider Staff and provide the blank forms (attached).
The OVR 149 Staff Credentials Log must be submitted within 10-days of hire for new staff. Please make sure to submit both pages and sign/date at the bottom of Page 2.
It should be accompanied with the either:
- Staff person(s) Credentials (ACRE, CESP or CRC)
- Or the OVR 150 Waiver Form
If an OVR-150 Waiver is submitted on behalf of a new SE staff person for your provider agency (along with the OVR-149), it is due to one of the following reasons:
- When a previously approved provider needs to hire employees without minimum qualifications because it is necessary to meet the needs of its customers and/or avoid a lapse in services.
- The newly hired staff member must be supervised by a credentialed agency employee, and Name of supervising staff must be on the OVR-150 Form.
Or
- When a newly approved provider needs time to get all staff credentialed.
- The provider must have at least one credentialed staff member who is available to supervise non-credentialed staff, and Name of supervising staff must be on the OVR-150 Form.
Remember to:
- Make sure the OVR 150 is signed and dated on page 2 (and accompanied with an OVR-149 Credential Log)
- The signed OVR-150 and OVR-149 will be sent back to you signed/dated also for your records
- Submit one OVR-150 form for each uncredentialed staff member
- Every CRP Staff with Waiver submitted will then be added to the internal OVR Waiver Tracker
- The staff member on the Waiver must obtain an approved credential (ACRE, CESP, CRC) by 18 months from hire (#1 above) or employer’s approval as an SE provider (#2 above), as applicable.
- CRP must send credential (ACRE, CESP, or CRC) when received, and then CRP staff will be removed from the OVR Waiver Tracker
- If the staff member is not credentialed by 18-months, this may lead to suspension of OVR contracted services
- While I make every effort to send reminder emails- this timeline should be tracked and managed by CRP
Also, these forms would get sent directly to me at the SE Provider Resource Account [email protected], and not uploaded to CWDS.
Thanks!
Jennifer Radick, M.S., CRC, WIP-C™ | Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
Department of Labor & Industry | Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Bureau of Central Operations
651 Boas Street, 7th Floor | Harrisburg, PA 17121
Phone: 610-329-4814 | Fax: 717-705-9345
Office hours: M-F 7:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.