WSR 14-15-092
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Long-Term Support Administration)
[Filed July 18, 2014, 8:46 a.m., effective August 18, 2014]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule change establishes a new residential support waiver for adult family homes to provide specific behavior support services under contract with the department, as negotiated in collective bargaining. This rule identifies the scope of services, eligibility criteria, and payment requirements. In addition, this rule makes some minor changes to regulatory and statutory references, program titles, and terminology.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-106-0015, 388-106-0030, 388-106-0040, 388-106-0070, 388-106-0110, 388-106-0120, 388-106-0200, 388-106-0225, 388-106-0305, 388-106-0805, 388-106-0900, and 388-106-0955
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.09.520.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-11-091 on May 21, 2014.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: In WAC 388-106-0015(16), the following words have been deleted from the description of residential support, "licensed and contracted enhanced services facility or in a." The department will offer residential services in enhanced services facilities through a new 1915i state plan option, not through the residential support waiver. Within this rule, all other references to "enhanced services facilities" remain unchanged.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 7, Amended 12, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 7, Amended 12, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 14, 2014.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
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