PROPOSED RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 08-16-138.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: The department is amending chapter 388-828 WAC, Division of developmental disabilities (DDD) assessment.
| Washington Administrative Code | Effect of Rule |
| 388-828-1020 Amended | Housekeeping changes to add definition for necessary supplemental accommodation representative and remove the definition for plan of CARE. |
| 388-828-1440 Amended | Housekeeping change to update terminology from family support to individual and family services per chapter 388-832 WAC. |
| 388-828-1460 Amended | Housekeeping change to remove outdated reference "DDD intends to assess all clients by June 30, 2008." |
| 388-828-1520 Amended | Clarifies language regarding where DDD assessments and reassessments are conducted. |
| 388-828-5640 Amended | Housekeeping change to correct the terminology for caregiver assistance scoring to reflect the computerized assessment. |
| 388-828-8065 New | Adds language to clarify process. |
| 388-828-8070 New | Adds language to clarify when your individual support plan is effective. |
| 388-828-8075 New | Adds language to clarify when a change to your individual support plan is effective. |
| 388-828-8080 New | Adds language to clarify who signs or gives consent for the individual support plan. |
| 388-828-8085 New | Adds language to clarify how long an individual support plan is effective. |
| 388-828-8090 New | Adds language to clarify the process when there is not consent for the individual support plan. |
| 388-828-8095 New | Adds language to clarify when you may request a review of your individual support plan. |
Hearing Location(s): Blake Office Park East, Rose Room, 4500 10th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA 98503 (one block north of the intersection of Pacific Avenue S.E. and Alhadeff Lane. A map or directions are available at http://www.dshs.wa.gov/msa/rpau/docket.html or by calling (360) 664-6094), on July 7, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: Not earlier than July 8, 2009.
Submit Written Comments to: DSHS Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504, delivery 4500 10th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA 98503, e-mail DSHSRPAURulesCoordinator@dshs.wa.gov, fax (360) 664-6185, by 5 p.m. on July 7, 2009.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Jennisha Johnson, DSHS rules consultant, by June 23, 2009, TTY (360) 664-6178 or (360) 664-6097 or by e-mail at johnsjl4@dshs.wa.gov.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: These rules add language to clarify the individual support plan process and amend sections to complete housekeeping changes. See Title of Rule above.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: See above.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.040.
Statute Being Implemented: Title 71A 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: Debbie Roberts, 640 Woodland Square Loop S.E., Lacey, WA 98503-1045, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98507-5310, e-mail roberdx@dshs.wa.gov, (360) 725-3400, fax (360) 404-0955; Implementation and Enforcement: Don Clintsman, 640 Woodland Square Loop S.E., Lacey, WA 98503-1045, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98507-5310, e-mail ClintDL@dshs.wa.gov, (360) 725-3421, fax (360) 404-0955.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. DDD has analyzed these rules and concluded that they do not impact small businesses or small nonprofits.
A cost-benefit analysis is required under RCW 34.05.328. A preliminary cost-benefit analysis may be obtained by contacting Debbie Roberts, 640 Woodland Square Loop S.E., Lacey, WA 98503-1045, phone (360) 725-3400, fax (360) 404-0955, e-mail roberdx@dshs.wa.gov.
May 26, 2009
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator
3994.12"AAIDD" means the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
"Acuity Scale" refers to an assessment tool that is intended to provide a framework for documenting important assessment elements and for standardizing the key questions that should be asked as part of a professional assessment. The design helps provide consistency from client to client by minimizing subjective bias and assists in promoting objective assessment of a person's support needs.
"ADSA" means the aging and disability services administration (ADSA), an administration within the department of social and health services, which includes the following divisions: Home and community services, residential care services, management services and division of developmental disabilities.
"ADSA contracted provider" means an individual or agency who is licensed, certified, and/or contracted by ADSA to provide services to DDD clients.
"Adult family home" or "AFH" means a residential home in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room and board to more than one but not more than six adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the services (see RCW 70.12.010).
"Agency provider" means a licensed and/or ADSA certified business who is contracted with ADSA or a county to provide DDD services (e.g., personal care, respite care, residential services, therapy, nursing, employment, etc.).
"Algorithm" means a numerical formula used by the DDD assessment for one or more of the following:
(1) Calculation of assessed information to identify a client's relative level of need;
(2) Determination regarding which assessment modules a client receives as part of his/her DDD assessment; and
(3) Assignment of a service level to support a client's assessed need.
"Authorization" means DDD approval of funding for a service as identified in the individual support plan or evidence of payment for a service.
"CARE" refers to the comprehensive assessment reporting evaluation assessment per chapter 388-106 WAC.
"Client" means a person who has a developmental
disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020(3) who also has been
determined eligible to receive services by the division under
chapter ((71A.16 RCW)) 388-823 WAC.
"Collateral contact" means a person or agency that is involved in the client's life (e.g., legal guardian, family member, care provider, friend, etc.).
"Companion home" is a DDD contracted residential service that provides twenty-four hour training, support, and supervision, to one adult living with a paid provider.
"DDD" means the division of developmental disabilities, a division with the aging and disability services administration (ADSA), department of social and health services (DSHS).
"Department" means the department of social and health services (DSHS).
"Group home" or "GH" means an ADSA licensed adult family home or boarding home contracted and certified by ADSA to provide residential services and support to adults with developmental disabilities.
"ICF/MR" means a facility certified as an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded to provide habilitation services to DDD clients.
"ICF/MR level of care" is a standardized assessment of a client's need for ICF/MR level of care per 42 CFR 440 and 42 CFR 483. In addition, ICF/MR level of care refers to one of the standards used by DDD to determine whether a client meets minimum eligibility criteria for one of the DDD HCBS waivers.
"Individual support plan" or "ISP" is a document that authorizes and identifies the DDD paid services to meet a client's assessed needs.
"Legal guardian" means a person/agency, appointed by a court, who is authorized to make some or all decisions for a person determined by the court to be incapacitated. In the absence of court intervention, parents remain the legal guardians for their child until the child reaches the age of eighteen.
"LOC score" means a score for answers to questions in the support needs assessment for children that are used in determining if a client meets eligibility requirements for ICF/MR level of care.
"Modules" refers to three sections of the DDD assessment. They are: The support assessment, the service level assessment, and the individual support plan (ISP).
"Necessary supplemental accommodation representative" means an individual who receives copies of DDD planned action notices (PANs) and other department correspondence in order to help a client understand the documents and exercise the client's rights. A necessary supplemental accommodation representative is identified by a client of DDD when the client does not have a legal guardian and the client is requesting or receiving DDD services.
"Panel" refers to the visual user-interface in the DDD assessment computer application where assessment questions are typically organized by topic and you and your respondents' answers are recorded.
(("Plan of care" or "POC" refers to the paper-based
assessment and service plan for clients receiving services on
one of the DDD HCBS waivers prior to June 1, 2007.))
"Raw score" means the numerical value when adding a person's "Frequency of support," "Daily support time," and "Type of support" scores for each activity in the support needs and supplemental protection and advocacy scales of the supports intensity scale (SIS) assessment.
"Residential habilitation center" or "RHC" is a state-operated facility certified to provide ICF/MR and/or nursing facility level of care for persons with developmental disabilities per chapter 71A.20 RCW.
"Respondent" means the adult client and/or another person familiar with the client who participates in the client's DDD assessment by answering questions and providing information. Respondents may include ADSA contracted providers.
"SIS" means the supports intensity scale developed by the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). The SIS is in the support assessment module of the DDD assessment.
"Service provider" refers to an ADSA contracted agency or person who provides services to DDD clients. Also refers to state operated living alternative programs (SOLA).
"SOLA" means a state operated living alternative program for adults that is operated by DDD.
"State supplementary payment" or "SSP" is the state paid cash assistance program for certain DDD eligible Social Security Income clients per chapter 388-827 WAC.
"Supported living" or "SL" refers to residential services provided by ADSA certified residential agencies to clients living in homes that are owned, rented, or leased by the clients or their legal representatives.
"Waiver personal care" means physical or verbal assistance with activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) due to your functional limitations per chapter 388-106 WAC to individuals who are authorized to receive services available in the Basic, Basic Plus, and Core waivers per chapter 388-845 WAC.
"Waiver respite care" means short-term intermittent relief for persons normally providing care to individuals who are authorized to receive services available in the Basic, Basic Plus, and Core waivers per chapter 388-845 WAC.
"You/Your" means the client.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and Title 71A RCW. 07-10-029, § 388-828-1020, filed 4/23/07, effective 6/1/07.]
(1) An open social service payment system (SSPS) authorization within the past ninety days used for payment of a service or SSP; or
(2) A current county service authorization for one of the following services:
(a) Person to person; or
(b) Individual employment; or
(c) Group supported employment; or
(d) Prevocational/specialized industries; or
(e) Community access; or
(f) Individual and family assistance.
(3) A current ((waiver POC or)) waiver ISP; or
(4) Residence in a state operated living alternative (SOLA) program; or
(5) Authorization of ((family support services))
individual and family services per chapter 388-832 WAC within
the last twelve months ((per chapter 388-825 WAC)); or
(6) Documentation of DDD approval of your absence from DDD paid services for more than ninety days with available funding for your planned return to services; or
(7) Evidence of approval for funding of a DDD service or enrollment in a DDD HCBS waiver; or
(8) Payment of services using Form A-19 state of Washington invoice voucher for receipt of:
(a) Dangerous mentally ill offender funds;
(b) Crisis stabilization services;
(c) Specialized psychiatric services; or
(d) Diversion bed services.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and Title 71A RCW. 07-10-029, § 388-828-1440, filed 4/23/07, effective 6/1/07.]
(1) You are receiving a DDD paid service and your annual reassessment is due for continuation of the DDD paid service; or
(2) You are receiving a DDD paid service and a reassessment is needed due to a significant change that may affect your support needs; or
(3) You are receiving SSP in lieu of a DDD paid service and your eligibility for SSP needs to be redetermined per WAC 388-827-0120;
(4) You are approved for funding of a DDD paid service and an assessment must be performed prior to the authorization of services; or
(5) You make a request to have a DDD assessment administered and meet the criteria in WAC 388-828-1100; or
(6) You are contacted by DDD and offered an opportunity to have a DDD assessment.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and Title 71A RCW. 07-10-029, § 388-828-1460, filed 4/23/07, effective 6/1/07.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and Title 71A RCW. 07-10-029, § 388-828-1520, filed 4/23/07, effective 6/1/07.]
| If your score for frequency is: | And your score for severity is: | And your score for caregiver assistance is: | Then your behavioral acuity level is: |
Rare |
Minor |
None | Low |
| Verbal redirection | Low | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
Low | ||
| Physical restraint | Low | ||
Potentially Dangerous |
None | Low | |
| Verbal redirection | Low | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
Medium | ||
| Physical restraint | High | ||
Life-Threatening |
None | Medium | |
| Verbal redirection | Medium | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
High | ||
| Physical restraint | High | ||
Occasional |
Minor |
None | Low |
| Verbal redirection | Low | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
Low | ||
| Physical restraint | Medium | ||
Potentially Dangerous |
None | Medium | |
| Verbal redirection | Medium | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
Medium | ||
| Physical restraint | High | ||
Life Threatening |
None | Medium | |
| Verbal redirection | Medium | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
High | ||
| Physical restraint | High | ||
Frequent |
Minor |
None | Low |
| Verbal redirection | Low | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
Medium | ||
| Physical restraint | Medium | ||
Potentially Dangerous |
None | Medium | |
| Verbal redirection | Medium | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
High | ||
| Physical restraint | High | ||
Life-Threatening |
None | High | |
| Verbal redirection | High | ||
| Physical guiding or
(( |
High | ||
| Physical restraint | High |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and Title 71A RCW. 07-10-029, § 388-828-5640, filed 4/23/07, effective 6/1/07.]
(1) Consult with the office of the attorney general to determine if you require a legal representative or guardian to assist you with your individual support plan.
(2) Continue your current DDD paid service(s).
(3) If the office of the attorney general or a court determines that you do not need a legal representative, DDD will continue to try to provide necessary supplemental accommodations in order to help you understand your individual support plan.
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(1) After a signature or verbal consent is obtained from you and/or your guardian; and
(2) On the date it is approved and signed by DDD.
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(1) Your individual support plan will be mailed to you for signature.
(2) You retain the same appeal rights as if you had signed the individual support plan.
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(2) If you have a legal representative, your legal representative must sign or give verbal consent to the individual support plan.
(3) If you need assistance to understand your individual support plan, DDD will follow the steps outlined in WAC 388-828-8065 (1) and (3).
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(1) If this individual support plan is an initial plan, DDD will be unable to provide DDD paid services. DDD will not assume consent for an initial plan and will follow the steps described in WAC 388-828-8065 (1) and (3).
(2) If this individual support plan is a reassessment or review and you are able to understand your ISP:
(a) DDD will continue providing services as identified in your most current individual support plan until the end of the ten-day advance notice period as stated in WAC 388-825-105.
(b) At the end of the ten-day advance notice period, unless you file an appeal, DDD will assume consent and implement the new ISP without the required signature or verbal consent as defined in WAC 388-828-8065(2).
(3) If this individual support plan is a reassessment or review and you are not able to understand your ISP, DDD will continue your existing services and take the steps described in WAC 388-828-8065.
(4) You will be provided written notification and appeal rights to this action to implement the new ISP.
(5) Your appeal rights are in WAC 388-845-4000 and 388-825-120 through 388-825-165.
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