WSR 15-22-039

PERMANENT RULES

[Filed October 28, 2015, 11:43 a.m., effective November 28, 2015]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: The developmental disabilities administration (DDA) is making these changes because the majority of individual and family services (IFS) clients will start to receive medicaid with the implementation of the IFS waiver, and DDA wants to evenly apply the adjustment based on medical acuity and activities of daily living support needs to all clients, regardless of medicaid eligibility. The consequences of not making these changes would be that an estimated seventy-five percent of IFS clients would experience a reduction in their IFS allocation at their next assessment, with the receipt of medicaid.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-828-9060, 388-828-9100, 388-828-9120, and 388-832-0120.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030 General authority of secretary—Rule adoption and 71A.12.140 Duties of state agencies generally.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-17-091 on August 18, 2015.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 4, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 4, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: October 26, 2015.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

If your unadjusted individual and family services level is:	Then your individual and family services support rating is:
1	0
2	240
3	336
4	432
5	528

If your individual and family services level is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. ((and you are not eligible for medicaid personal care))		And your ADL support needs level for the SIS per WAC 388-828-5480
		None	Low	Medium	High
And your medical acuity level per WAC 388-828-5700	None	57	57	76	85
	Low	57	57	76	85
	Medium	57	88	122	145
	High	57	145	245	287

If your individual and family services level is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and you are eligible for medicaid personal care per chapter 388-106 WAC		And your ADL support needs level for the SIS per WAC 388-828-5480
		None	Low	Medium	High
And your medical acuity level per WAC 388-828-5700	None	0	0	0	0
	Low	0	0	0	0
	Medium	0	0	0	0
	High	0	0	0	0))