WSR 98-12-054
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Adult Services Administration)
[Filed May 29, 1998, 3:55 p.m., effective July 1, 1998]
Date of Adoption: May 29, 1998.
Purpose: To comply with statutory requirements regarding special care, resident rights, and resident assessment, in adult family homes.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-76-590, 388-76-600, 388-76-610, and 388-76-615.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 70.128.040, 70.128.060, chapter 70.129 RCW, chapter 272, Laws of 1998.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-04-032 on January 29, 1998.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The final rules note statutory authority for rule making regarding specialty adult family homes.
The final rules are broken into numerous rules for ease of use and clarity. New section numbers were added. All of the proposed rules were amended to make them easier to understand.
The only changes to the rules, other than editing, were to lessen or clarify requirements when possible while still maintaining legislative requirements.
WAC 388-76-561 Adult family home licensing designations, the department will not implement its proposal to designate "basic," "experienced" and "registered nurse," and their combinations, for adult family home licensing at this time, but will further study this issue.
WAC 388-76-590 Specialty adult family homes, many requirements included in the previous version were deleted from this section, with an emphasis placed on achieving outcomes for residents.
WAC 388-76-600 General resident rights, resident rights rules were amended to disclose the caregivers' primary responsibilities and availability, in addition to experience, training, and education. Several additions were made in order to update this section to reflect recent changes in statute, and to more clearly convey statutory requirements.
WAC 388-76-610 Resident assessment, several additions were made in order to update this section to reflect recent changes in statute, and to more clearly convey statutory requirements.
WAC 388-76-615 Negotiated care plan, the rules on the negotiated care plan have been amended to clearly define the differences between the negotiated care plan and the preliminary service plan.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 4, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 36, amended 2, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 36, amended 4, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 1998.
May 29, 1998
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
Reviser's note: The material contained in this filing exceeded the page-count limitations of WAC 1-21-040 for appearance in this issue of the Register. It will appear in the 98-13 issue of the Register.