WSR 21-19-050
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Developmental Disabilities Administration)
[Filed September 13, 2021, 2:14 p.m., effective November 1, 2021]
Effective Date of Rule: November 1, 2021.
Purpose: The developmental disabilities administration amended this section to: Require approval of a community protection (CP) client's home location by the CP provider's administrator; and require documentation of the administrator's approval, the client's new address, and the security precautions the provider will implement.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-101D-0500.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 21-13-082 on June 16, 2021.
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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: September 13, 2021.
Donald L. Clintsman
Acting Secretary
SHS-4871.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 16-14-058, filed 6/30/16, effective 8/1/16)
WAC 388-101D-0500Community protection—((Program residential))Client home location.
((Before securing and using a residence to provide support to the community protection program))(1) When assisting a client in selecting a home, the ((community protection service)) provider must((:
(1)))conduct and document site checks of the proposed residence at different days and times of the week((;)).
(2) ((Consider))After selecting a home, and before the client moves into the home, the provider must document and provide to DDA:
(a) The address of the home;
(b) The reasons the home is appropriate considering the client's specific ((offense patterns))risk factors;
(((3) Determine appropriate and necessary))(c) Restrictive procedures((, including security precautions))and security precautions the provider will implement; and
(((4) Obtain written))(d) Approval ((for the residential site from the division of developmental disabilities))from the provider's administrator.