iBudget Waiver Provider: Enlisted Medicaid supplier with APD and AHCA meeting least capabilities, preparing, and Background Screening prerequisites required for Medicaid supplier enlistment.

Agency/Vendor: Business or person providing support and services to a consumer under the CDC+ program. This includes independent contractors, for non-profit and profit agencies, and businesses that offer supplies, and provide services. Vendors or agencies are paid from an invoice instead of a timesheet.

A business or a person including a partnership or a limited liability company that performs services for the consumer under an implied or express agreement. The consumer or the representative reserves the right to conduct, direct, or control the result of the work and not how it was achieved. The consumer or the representative neither pays nor withholds taxes on the Independent Contractors’ behalf. Instead of a timesheet, the Independent Contractors are paid from an invoice.

Per F.S. 435.12, APD Service Providers conduct all criminal records checks via the Clearinghouse. The level 2 background check in Florida depends on the FDLE database check, and FBI criminal history check and their transfer of the level 2 screening result to the APD Background Screening Unit. It usually takes from 2 to 5 days for the Livescan electronic fingerprinting process.