Indiana · Checked October 22, 2026
Your license is the Personal Services Agency License (IDOH program name: Personal Care Services Agency, PSA), issued by Indiana Department of Health (IDOH), Division of Home and Community-Based Care.
| Item | Indiana |
|---|---|
| License / registration | Personal Services Agency License (IDOH program name: Personal Care Services Agency, PSA) |
| Issued by | Indiana Department of Health (IDOH), Division of Home and Community-Based Care — official page |
| Application / initial fee | $250 — $250 licensure fee for an initial application, set in IC 16-27-4-6(d) and confirmed on IDOH's licensure pages (Application SF 53391 + policies and procedures + $250 fee to IDOH). Applications are filed through the IDOH Gateway (Access Indiana), 'Personal Service Agency License Registration'. |
| Renewal | $250 |
| Surety bond | No state bond minimum found in the published rules |
| Liability insurance | State sets no minimum |
| Timeline | State does not publish a processing time in the sources checked; IDOH may conduct an onsite inspection in conjunction with initial licensure or renewal (IC 16-27-4-6(e)) |
| Administrator | The agency must designate a personal services agency manager responsible for the agency's day-to-day operation (IC 16-27-4-9), maintain a service plan for each client (IC 16-27-4-10), a client rights statement, and criminal history checks under IC 16-27-2. No degree standard for the manager was stated in the sections checked. |
| State extras | Branch offices operate under the parent agency's license (no separate branch license) but each branch must be within 120 miles of the parent, owned and controlled by it (IC 16-27-4-6(b)); an out-of-state PSA must be authorized by the Indiana Secretary of State and have an Indiana branch office. Criminal history check costs for staff under IC 16-27-2. |
| Service | Under this license |
|---|---|
| Companionship & supervision | Covered |
| Homemaker help | Covered |
| Hands-on personal care | Covered |
| Live-in / 24-hour care | Not covered by this license |
| Transportation | Covered |
| Skilled nursing or therapy | Home health license required |
Personal services are non-medical by statute (IC 16-27-4): attendant care, homemaker services (housekeeping, shopping, laundry, meal planning/preparation, cleaning) and companion services (fellowship, care and protection, including transportation, letter writing, mail reading and escort services) at the client's residence. The PSA license does NOT authorize skilled care, and a PSA may not serve a client with an unstable health condition requiring skilled intervention — it must refer the client to an appropriately licensed provider (IC 16-27-4-8).
Home Health Agency licensure under IC 16-27-1 / 410 IAC 17 is the separate skilled license (also a $250 IDOH license fee), with a clinical supervisor who is a physician or an RN with 2 years of nursing experience including 1 year supervisory/administrative experience (410 IAC 17-12-1(d)).
Enroll as an Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) provider; attendant care / homemaker services are reimbursed largely through the FSSA Division of Aging / Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services HCBS waivers for eligible members
EVV is required for Medicaid personal care / attendant care services in Indiana. Verify the current IHCP EVV service list before billing.
The state fee above is one line of the real total. Run the true-cost calculator with Indiana selected — it adds the bond premium, insurance class, screening and the payroll runway your first hires create.
This page is information, not legal advice. Confirm before you file: the agency — not this page — decides your application.
The free checkers give you the verdict and the number. The Kit gives you the working papers: your state's application packet walked through in filing order, the policies-and-procedures binder spec (what your binder must contain — never a boilerplate binder), the administrator self-audit, the insurance & bond spec sheet, the Medicaid gate map, the franchise-vs-independent 10-year worksheets, and the payroll-runway planner.
$49 one-time payment
Included in the $49 HomeCareLicenseCheck Kit
