PROPOSED RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 05-02-067.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Chapter 388-827 WAC, State supplementary payment program, WAC 388-827-0115 What are the programmatic eligibility requirements for DDD/SSP?, and 388-827-0145 How much money will I receive?
Hearing Location(s): Blake Office Park East (behind Goodyear Courtesy Tire), Rose Room, 4500 10th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA, on April 5, 2005, at 10:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: Not earlier than April 6, 2005.
Submit Written Comments to: DSHS Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504, delivery 4500 10th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA, e-mail fernaax@dshs.wa.gov, fax (360) 664-6185, by 5:00 p.m., April 5, 2005.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Fred Swenson, DSHS Rules Consultant, by April 1, 2005, TTY (360) 664-6178 or (360) 664-6097.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The purpose of these rules is to expand the population eligible to receive the state supplementary payment (SSP) administered by the Division of Developmental Disabilities to include supplemental security income (SSI) recipients who are under age eighteen at the time of their initial comprehensive assessment and reporting evaluation (CARE) assessment and received Medicaid personal care between September 2003 and August 2004. These amendments also limit the receipt of SSP to certain individuals who received SSI prior to June 30, 2003, and limit the amount of SSP to former family support recipients to the rate in effect at the time the funding source was converted to SSP. DDD has coordinated rule development with the DSHS Aging and Disability Services Administration and Economic Services Administration.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: See above.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 71A.12 RCW.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Department of Social and Health Services, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Steve Brink, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, (360) 725-3416; Implementation and Enforcement: Colleen Erskine, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, (360) 725-3452.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. DDD concludes that these rules do not impact small businesses.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. These rules are exempt from a cost-benefit analysis under RCW 34.05.328 (5)(b)(vii) as they relate only to client medical or financial eligibility.
February 23, 2005
Andy Fernando, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
3496.6(a) Certain voluntary placement program services, which include:
(i) Foster care basic maintenance,
(ii) Foster care specialized support,
(iii) Agency specialized support,
(iv) Staffed residential home,
(v) Out-of-home respite care,
(vi) Agency in-home specialized support,
(vii) Group care basic maintenance,
(viii) Group care specialized support,
(ix) Transportation,
(x) Agency attendant care,
(xi) Child care,
(xii) Professional services,
(xiii) Nursing services,
(xiv) Interpreter services,
(b) Family support;
(c) One or more of the following residential services:
(i) Adult family home,
(ii) Adult residential care facility,
(iii) Alternative living,
(iv) Group home,
(v) Supported living,
(vi) Agency attendant care,
(vii) Supported living or other residential service allowance,
(viii) Intensive individual supported living support (companion homes).
(2) For individuals with community protection issues as defined in WAC 388-820-020, the department will determine eligibility for SSP on a case-by-case basis.
(3) For new authorizations of family support opportunity:
(a) You were on the family support opportunity waiting list prior to January 1, 2003; and
(b) You are on the home and community based services (HCBS) waiver administered by DDD; and
(c) You continue to meet the eligibility requirements for the family support opportunity program contained in WAC 388-825-200 through 388-825-242; and
(d) You must have been eligible for or received SSI prior to July 1, 2003; or you received Social Security Title II benefits as a disabled adult child prior to July 1, 2003 and would have been eligible for SSI if you did not receive these benefits.
(4) For individuals on one of the HCBS waivers administered by DDD (Basic, Basic Plus, Core or Community Protection):
(a) You must have been eligible for or received SSI prior to April 1, 2004; and
(b) You were determined eligible for SSP prior to April 1, 2004.
(5) You received medicaid personal care (MPC) between September 2003 and August 2004; and
(a) You are under age eighteen at the time of your initial comprehensive assessment and reporting evaluation (CARE) assessment;
(b) You received or were eligible to receive SSI at the time of your initial CARE assessment;
(c) You are not on a home and community based services waiver administered by DDD; and
(d) You live with your family, as defined in WAC 388-825-020.
(6) If you meet all of the requirements listed in (5) above, your SSP will continue.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 71A.12.120. 04-15-094, § 388-827-0115, filed 7/16/04, effective 8/16/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020, 2002 c 371. 04-02-015, § 388-827-0115, filed 12/29/03, effective 1/29/04.]
(1) For residential and voluntary placement program services, the amount of your SSP will be based on the amount of state-only dollars spent on certain services at the time the funding source was converted to SSP. If the type of your residential living arrangement changes, your need will be reassessed and your payment adjusted based on your new living arrangement and assessed need.
(2) For family support services, refer to WAC 388-825-200 through 388-825-284.
(a) If you are on the home and community based services (HCBS) waiver administered by DDD:
(i) You will receive nine hundred dollars DDD/SSP money per year to use as you determine.
(ii) The remainder up to the maximum allowed may be authorized by DDD to purchase HCBS waiver services and will be paid directly to the provider.
(b) If you are not on the HCBS waiver administered by
DDD, ((you will receive the yearly maximum allowed in the form
of DDD/SSP money to use as you determine)) the amount of your
SSP will be based on the yearly maximum allowed at the time
the funding source was converted to SSP.
(c) The yearly amount of DDD/SSP money will be prorated into monthly amounts. You will receive one twelfth of the yearly amount each month.
(3) If you are eligible for SSP because you meet the criteria in WAC 388-827-0115(5), you will receive one hundred dollars per month.
(a) For individuals whose initial CARE assessment was completed prior to January 1, 2005, January 2005 is the first month for which payment is made.
(b) For individuals whose initial CARE assessment is completed after December 31, 2004, the first month for which payment is made is the month in which the results of the initial CARE assessment are effective.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020, 2002 c 371. 04-02-015, § 388-827-0145, filed 12/29/03, effective 1/29/04.]