What are the differences in the crime tiers?
Tier 1 felonies include fraud against a government health care or supportive services program; and child or elder/dependent abuse. (These only apply to convictions in the previous 10 years, and as always, you can appeal a disqualification to the CDSS Provider Enrollment Appeals Unit.) Tier 2 felonies – which were newly added into law this year – include serious and violent felonies as well as sexual crimes that require registration as a sex offender.
