ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A local home health aide convicted of grand larceny was still listed as “approved to work” on the New York State Department of Health’s website. A viewer pointed it out and asked why.
Alpha Harris was sentenced to six months in jail in September 2024 and ordered to pay back more than $62,000 to her former 91-year-old patient.
A viewer named Dan reached out to News10NBC, saying “Alpha Harris is back working as home health aide again, I looked up on New York State home health aide registry, and see that her license is still active. How is this possible?”
News10NBC’s Emily Putnam searched Harris’ name on the state’s Department of Health registry for home care workers and found her listed as “approved for employment” as of Sept. 10, 2021. After contacting the New York State Department of Health with Dan’s question, the site was updated about an hour later to show Harris is actually not approved for employment.
The Department of Health confirmed Harris’ certification has lapsed, saying in an email, “thanks to your inquiry, we’ve updated the public facing website.” You can see the website here.
Home health care workers have to do a fingerprint-based background check before working. If they’re working independently, their certification will lapse two years after the last date they worked with an agency.
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