EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: January 13, 2012.
Purpose: The department is amending chapter 388-106 WAC, Long-term care services. Amendments are necessary to implement adult day health changes as required under 2ESHB 1087 (2011-2013 operating budget).
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-106-0815.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520.
Other Authority: 2ESHB 1087.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: The department added adult day health (ADH) services and eligibility into the community options program entry system (COPES) waiver effective September 1, 2011, as a result of the legislation action under 2ESHB 1087. The department was directed to eliminate the ADH service under the state plan 1915(i) option and to reestablish it under the COPES waiver under WAC 388-106-0300 and 388-106-0305. This filing replaces and supersedes the CR-103E filed as WSR 11-19-061 on September 15, 2011. As part of the governor's proposed 2012 supplemental budget the ADH program is being eliminated, so the department filed a CR-101 as WSR 12-01-119 on December 21, 2011. Proceeding with permanent adoption of this rule making is pending the outcome of the final budget decided on by the legislature during the regular 2012 legislative session.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: January 9, 2012.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
4326.1(a) Age eighteen years or older.
(b) Enrolled in one of the following medical assistance programs:
(i) Categorically needy (CNP);
(ii) Categorically needy qualified medicare beneficiaries (CNP-QMB);
(iii) General assistance--Expedited medicaid disability (GA-X); or
(iv) Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment and Support Act (ADATSA).
(c) Assessed as having an unmet need for skilled nursing under WAC 388-71-0712 or skilled rehabilitative therapy under WAC 388-71-0714; and
(i) There is a reasonable expectation that these services will improve, restore or maintain your health status, or in the case of a progressive disabling condition, will either restore or slow the decline of your health and functional status or ease related pain or suffering; and
(ii) You are at risk for deteriorating health, deteriorating functional ability, or institutionalization; and
(iii) You have a chronic or acute health condition that you are not able to safely manage due to a cognitive, physical, or other functional impairment.
(d) Assessed as having needs for personal care or other core services, whether or not those needs are otherwise met.
(2) You are not eligible for adult day health if you:
(a) Can independently perform or obtain the services provided at an adult day health center;
(b) Have referred care needs that:
(i) Exceed the scope of authorized services that the adult day health center is able to provide;
(ii) Do not need to be provided or supervised by a licensed nurse or therapist;
(iii) Can be met in a less structured care setting; or
(iv) In the case of skilled care needs, are being met by paid or unpaid caregivers.
(c) Live in a nursing home or other institutional facility; or
(d) Are not capable of participating safely in a group care setting)) You are eligible for adult day health if you meet the conditions described in WAC 388-106-0300 or 388-106-0305.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 05-11-082, § 388-106-0815, filed 5/17/05, effective 6/17/05.]