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SENATE BILL 5652

 

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senators Costa, Winsley, Thibaudeau, Deccio, B. Sheldon, Prentice, Fraser, Kohl‑Welles and Fairley

 

Read first time 01/30/2001.  Referred to Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care.

_1      AN ACT Relating to improving the quality of in-home long-term

_2  care services provided by state funded individual providers;

_3  amending RCW 74.39A.005, 74.39A.030, 74.39A.095, 70.127.040,

_4  70.127.040, 70.127.060, and 70.127.070; adding new sections to

_5  chapter 74.39A RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective

_6  date; and providing an expiration date.

     

_7  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     

_8      Sec. 1.  RCW 74.39A.005 and 2000 c 121 s 9 are each amended to read

_9  as follows:

10      The legislature finds that the aging of the population and

11  advanced medical technology have resulted in a growing number of

12  persons who require assistance.  The primary resource for long-term

13  care continues to be family and friends.  However, these traditional

14  caregivers are increasingly employed outside the home.  There is a

15  growing demand for improvement and expansion of home and community-

16     based long-term care services to support and complement the

17  services provided by these informal caregivers.

18      The legislature further finds that the public interest would

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_1  best be served by a broad array of long-term care services that

_2  support persons who need such services at home or in the community

_3  whenever practicable and that promote individual autonomy,

_4  dignity, and choice.

_5      The legislature finds that as other long-term care options

_6  become more available, the relative need for nursing home beds is

_7  likely to decline.  The legislature recognizes, however, that

_8  nursing home care will continue to be a critical part of the

_9  state's long-term care options, and that such services should

10  promote individual dignity, autonomy, and a homelike environment.

11      The legislature finds that many recipients of in-home services

12  are vulnerable and their health and well-being are dependent on

13  their caregivers.  The quality, skills, and knowledge of their

14  caregivers are often the key to good care.  The legislature finds

15  that the need for well-trained caregivers is growing as the

16  state's population ages and clients' needs increase.  The

17  legislature intends that current training standards be enhanced

18  and that an entity be established that has the authority to

19  recruit, train, stabilize, and improve the individual provider

20  work force.

     

21      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  AUTHORIZATION OF HOME CARE QUALITY

22  AUTHORITY.  (1) The governor shall establish a home care quality

23  authority to recruit, train, stabilize, and improve the individual

24  provider work force as provided in this act.  The authority shall

25  constitute a political subdivision of the state established as an

26  instrumentality exercising essential governmental functions.  The

27  authority shall be established within six months of the enactment

28  of this act.

29     (2) The home care quality authority shall consist of nine

30  members appointed by the governor.  The governing board of the

31  authority shall be as follows:  Five members of the governing board

32  shall be current or former consumers of home care services for the

33  elderly or people with disabilities, at least one of whom shall be

34  a person with a developmental disability; one member of the

35  governing board shall be a representative of the developmental

36  disabilities planning council; one member shall be a

37  representative of the governor's commission on disability and

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_1  employment; one member shall be a representative of the state

_2  council on aging; and one member shall be a representative of the

_3  Washington state association of area agencies on aging.  The term of

_4  office of each member will be three years.  If there is a vacancy

_5  for any cause, the governor shall make an appointment to become

_6  immediately effective for the unexpired term.  A member is eligible

_7  for reappointment and may serve no more than two consecutive

_8  terms.  In making appointments to the authority, the governor shall

_9  take into consideration any nominations or recommendations made by

10  the representative groups or agencies.

     

11      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  DUTIES.  The department shall contract with

12  the home care quality authority to carry out the following duties

13  and functions:

14      (1) Ensure that in-home long-term care services are provided to

15  functionally disabled people who are authorized to receive

16  services in their home under the medicaid personal care, community

17  options programs entry system, or chore services program through

18  an individual provider chosen and supervised by the functionally

19  disabled person;

20      (2)(a) Establish and investigate the qualifications and

21  background of potential individual providers.  Any qualifications

22  established shall include:  (i) Compliance with the minimum

23  requirements for training and criminal background checks as

24  provided in RCW 74.39A.050; and (ii) confirmation that the

25  potential individual provider is not currently listed on any long-

26  term care abuse and neglect registry currently in use, or

27  established at some future date.

28      (b) The department shall:  (i) Continue to perform the criminal

29  background check for individual providers; and (ii) ensure that

30  the authority has ready access to any long-term care abuse and

31  neglect registry currently in use, or established at some future

32  date.

33      (c) The authority must give preference to the training and

34  employment of recipients of public assistance or other low-income

35  persons who would qualify for public assistance in the absence of

36  such employment;

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_1      (3) Provide training opportunities, either directly or through

_2  contract, for individual providers and functionally disabled

_3  persons as consumers of personal care services;

_4      (4) Provide assistance to functionally disabled persons in

_5  finding individual providers through the establishment of a

_6  referral list of qualified individual providers;

_7      (5) Provide routine, emergency, and respite referrals of

_8  qualified individual providers to functionally disabled people who

_9  are authorized to receive services in their home under the

10  medicaid personal care, community options programs entry system,

11  or chore services program through an individual provider hired

12  directly by the functionally disabled person; and

13      (6) Cooperate with area agencies on aging, the department, and

14  other state and local agencies to provide the services described

15  and set forth in this section.  If, in the course of its duties, the

16  home care quality authority identifies concerns regarding the care

17  being provided by an individual provider, the authority shall

18  notify the relevant area agency on aging or department case

19  manager regarding its concerns.

     

20      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND CONSUMER

21  RIGHTS.  (1) The home care quality authority authorized by this act

22  shall be deemed to be the employer of individual providers who

23  provide services to functionally disabled persons authorized to

24  receive such services in their home under the medicaid personal

25  care, community options programs entry system, or chore services

26  program for the purpose of the application of chapter 41.56

27  RCW.  The authority shall be deemed to be a public employer as that

28  term is defined in RCW 41.56.030(1) and the individual providers

29  shall be deemed to be public employees as that term is defined in

30  RCW 41.56.030(2).  The provisions of chapter 41.56 RCW shall govern

31  the relations between the authority and the individual providers

32  except:  (a) The only unit appropriate for the purpose of collective

33  bargaining under RCW 41.56.060 shall be a statewide unit of all

34  individual providers; (b) the showing of interest needed to

35  request an election under RCW 41.56.060 shall be ten percent of

36  the unit and any intervener seeking to appear on the ballot shall

37  make the same showing of interest; (c) the mediation and interest

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_1  arbitration provisions of RCW 41.56.430 through 41.56.470 and

_2  41.56.480 shall apply; (d) individual providers shall not have a

_3  right to strike; and (e) as otherwise expressly provided in this

_4  act.

_5      (2) The individual providers shall not be considered employees

_6  of the state of Washington for any purpose.

_7      (3) Functionally disabled persons who are authorized to receive

_8  services in their home under the medicaid personal care, community

_9  options programs entry system, or chore services program through

10  an individual provider retain the right to select, supervise, and

11  terminate the work of any individual provider providing services

12  to them.  Functionally disabled persons who are authorized to

13  receive services in their home under the medicaid personal care,

14  community options programs entry system, or chore services program

15  through an individual provider may elect to receive services from

16  individual providers who are not referred to them by the home care

17  quality authority.  Those providers shall be referred to the

18  authority for the purposes of wages, benefits, and other terms and

19  conditions of employment.

20      (4) In implementing and administering this act, no home care

21  quality authority, contractor, or a combination thereof, shall

22  reduce the hours of service for any functionally disabled person

23  below the amount determined to be necessary under any assessment

24  prepared by the department.

25      (5) The home care quality authority authorized under this act

26  may enter into contracts as are necessary or proper to carry out

27  this chapter.

28      (6) To the extent permitted by federal law, federal matching

29  funds under Title XIX of the federal social security act may be

30  used to establish and operate the home care quality authority

31  authorized by this act.

32      (7)(a) The home care quality authority authorized under this

33  act shall be deemed not to be the employer of individual providers

34  referred to functionally disabled persons under this act for

35  purposes of vicarious liability due to the negligence or

36  intentional torts of the individual provider.

37      (b) In no case shall the home care quality authority authorized

38  under this act be held liable for actions or omissions of any

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_1  individual provider whom the authority did not include on its

_2  referral list or otherwise refer to a functionally disabled person

_3  receiving services in their home under the medicaid personal care,

_4  community options program entry system, or chore services program.

_5      (c) The state shall be immune from any liability resulting from

_6  implementation of this act.  Any obligation of the home care quality

_7  authority pursuant to this act, whether statutory, contractual, or

_8  otherwise, shall be the obligation solely of the home care quality

_9  authority, and shall not be the obligation of the state.

10      (8) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the

11  state's responsibility with respect to the state payroll system or

12  unemployment insurance for individual providers.

13      (9) The home care quality authority may offer its recruitment,

14  training, and referral services to long-term care providers other

15  than individual providers for a membership fee fixed by the

16  authority.

     

17      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  PERFORMANCE REVIEW.  (1) Two years after the

18  establishment of the home care quality authority, and biennially

19  thereafter, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall

20  perform a performance review of the authority.  The first such

21  review shall be submitted to the legislature and the governor by

22  December 1st of the year following the initiation of the

23  performance review under this section.

24      (2) The performance review will give special attention to the

25  health, welfare, and satisfaction with services of the

26  functionally disabled persons receiving services from individual

27  providers under this act, including the degree to which all

28  required services have been delivered, the degree to which

29  functionally disabled persons receiving services from individual

30  providers have ultimately been placed in other residential

31  settings or nursing homes, prompt response to consumer complaints,

32  and any other issue the committee deems relevant.

33      (3) The performance review shall make recommendations to the

34  legislature and the governor for any changes to this act that will

35  further ensure the well-being of functionally disabled persons

36  receiving services from individual providers, and the most

37  efficient delivery of required services.  In addition, the first

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_1  performance review must include findings and recommendations

_2  regarding the appropriateness of the home care quality authority

_3  assuming responsibility for verification of hours worked by

_4  individual providers, payment of individual providers, or other

_5  functions.

     

_6      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6.  APPROVAL OF WAGES AND BENEFITS.  (1) When

_7  any increase in provider wages or benefits is negotiated or agreed

_8  to by the home care quality authority authorized under this act,

_9  no increase in wages or benefits negotiated or agreed to pursuant

10  to this act shall take effect unless and until, prior to its

11  implementation, the department has determined that the increase is

12  consistent with federal law and to ensure federal financial

13  participation for the services under Title XIX of the federal

14  social security act.

15      (2) Any rate approved pursuant to (a) of this subsection shall

16  take effect commencing on the first day of the month subsequent to

17  the month in which final approval is received from the

18  department.  The department may grant approval on a conditional

19  basis, subject to the availability of funding.

     

20      Sec. 7.  RCW 74.39A.030 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 18 s 2 are each

21  amended to read as follows:

22      (1) To the extent of available funding, the department shall

23  expand cost-effective options for home and community services for

24  consumers for whom the state participates in the cost of their

25  care.

26      (2) In expanding home and community services, the department

27  shall:  (a) Take full advantage of federal funding available under

28  Title XVIII and Title XIX of the federal social security act,

29  including home health, adult day care, waiver options, and state

30  plan services; and (b) be authorized to use funds available under

31  its community options program entry system waiver granted under

32  section 1915(c) of the federal social security act to expand the

33  availability of in-home, adult residential care, adult family

34  homes, enhanced adult residential care, and assisted living

35  services.  By June 30, 1997, the department shall undertake to

36  reduce the nursing home medicaid census by at least one thousand

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_1  six hundred by assisting individuals who would otherwise require

_2  nursing facility services to obtain services of their choice,

_3  including assisted living services, enhanced adult residential

_4  care, and other home and community services.  If a resident, or his

_5  or her legal representative, objects to a discharge decision

_6  initiated by the department, the resident shall not be discharged

_7  if the resident has been assessed and determined to require

_8  nursing facility services.  In contracting with nursing homes and

_9  boarding homes for enhanced adult residential care placements, the

10  department shall not require, by contract or through other means,

11  structural modifications to existing building construction.

12      (3)(a) Except to the extent provided otherwise in section 6 of

13  this act, the department shall by rule establish payment rates for

14  home and community services that support the provision of cost-

15  effective care.

16      (b) The department may authorize an enhanced adult residential

17  care rate for nursing homes that temporarily or permanently

18  convert their bed use for the purpose of providing enhanced adult

19  residential care under chapter 70.38 RCW, when the department

20  determines that payment of an enhanced rate is cost-effective and

21  necessary to foster expansion of contracted enhanced adult

22  residential care services.  As an incentive for nursing homes to

23  permanently convert a portion of its nursing home bed capacity for

24  the purpose of providing enhanced adult residential care, the

25  department may authorize a supplemental add-on to the enhanced

26  adult residential care rate.

27      (c) The department may authorize a supplemental assisted living

28  services rate for up to four years for facilities that convert

29  from nursing home use and do not retain rights to the converted

30  nursing home beds under chapter 70.38 RCW, if the department

31  determines that payment of a supplemental rate is cost-effective

32  and necessary to foster expansion of contracted assisted living

33  services.

     

34      Sec. 8.  RCW 74.39A.095 and 2000 c 87 s 5 are each amended to read

35  as follows:

36      (1) In carrying out case management responsibilities

37  established under RCW 74.39A.090 for consumers who are receiving

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_1  services under the medicaid personal care, community options

_2  programs entry system or chore services program through an

_3  individual provider, each area agency on aging shall provide

_4  adequate oversight of the care being provided to consumers

_5  receiving services under this section.  Such oversight shall

_6  include, but is not limited to:

_7      (a) Verification that ((the)) any individual provider who has

_8  not been referred to a consumer by the home care quality authority

_9  established under this act has met any training requirements

10  established by the department;

11      (b) Verification of a sample of worker time sheets;

12      (c) Home visits or telephone contacts sufficient to ensure that

13  the plan of care is being appropriately implemented;

14      (d) Reassessment and reauthorization of services;

15      (e) Monitoring of individual provider performance.  If, in the

16  course of its monitoring, the area agency on aging identifies

17  concerns regarding the care being provided by an individual

18  provider who was referred to a consumer by the home care quality

19  authority authorized under this act, the area agency on aging

20  shall notify the home care quality authority regarding its

21  concerns; and

22      (f) Conducting criminal background checks or verifying that

23  criminal background checks have been conducted for any individual

24  provider who has not been referred to a functionally disabled

25  person by the home care quality authority authorized under this

26  act.

27      (2) The area agency on aging case manager shall work with each

28  consumer to develop a plan of care under this section that

29  identifies and ensures coordination of health and long-term care

30  services that meet the consumer's needs.  In developing the plan,

31  they shall utilize, and modify as needed, any comprehensive

32  community service plan developed by the department as provided in

33  RCW 74.39A.040.  The plan of care shall include, at a minimum:

34      (a) The name and telephone number of the consumer's area agency

35  on aging case manager, and a statement as to how the case manager

36  can be contacted about any concerns related to the consumer's well-

37      being or the adequacy of care provided;

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_1      (b) The name and telephone numbers of the consumer's primary

_2  health care provider, and other health or long-term care providers

_3  with whom the consumer has frequent contacts;

_4      (c) A clear description of the roles and responsibilities of

_5  the area agency on aging case manager and the consumer receiving

_6  services under this section;

_7      (d) The duties and tasks to be performed by the area agency on

_8  aging case manager and the consumer receiving services under this

_9  section;

10      (e) The type of in-home services authorized, and the number of

11  hours of services to be provided;

12      (f) The terms of compensation of the individual provider;

13      (g) A statement that the individual provider has the ability

14  and willingness to carry out his or her responsibilities relative

15  to the plan of care; and

16      (h)(i) Except as provided in (h)(ii) of this subsection, a

17  clear statement indicating that a consumer receiving services

18  under this section has the right to waive any of the case

19  management services offered by the area agency on aging under this

20  section, and a clear indication of whether the consumer has, in

21  fact, waived any of these services.

22      (ii) The consumer's right to waive case management services

23  does not include the right to waive reassessment or

24  reauthorization of services, or verification that services are

25  being provided in accordance with the plan of care.

26      (3) Each area agency on aging shall retain a record of each

27  waiver of services included in a plan of care under this section.

28      (4) Each consumer has the right to direct and participate in

29  the development of their plan of care to the maximum practicable

30  extent of their abilities and desires, and to be provided with the

31  time and support necessary to facilitate that participation.

32      (5) A copy of the plan of care must be distributed to the

33  consumer's primary care provider, individual provider, and other

34  relevant providers with whom the consumer has frequent contact, as

35  authorized by the consumer.

36      (6) The consumer's plan of care shall be an attachment to the

37  contract between the department, or their designee, and the

38  individual provider.

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_1      (7) If the department or area agency on aging case manager

_2  finds that an individual provider's inadequate performance or

_3  inability to deliver quality care is jeopardizing the health,

_4  safety, or well-being of a consumer receiving service under this

_5  section, the department or the area agency on aging may take

_6  action to terminate the contract between the department and the

_7  individual provider.  If the department or the area agency on aging

_8  has a reasonable, good faith belief that the health, safety, or

_9  well-being of a consumer is in imminent jeopardy, the department

10  or area agency on aging may summarily suspend the contract pending

11  a fair hearing.  The consumer may request a fair hearing to contest

12  the planned action of the case manager, as provided in chapter

13  34.05 RCW.  When the department or area agency on aging terminates

14  or summarily suspends a contract under this subsection, they shall

15  provide oral and written notice of the action taken to the home

16  care quality authority authorized under this act.  The department

17  may by rule adopt guidelines for implementing this subsection.

18      (8) The department or area agency on aging may reject a request

19  by a consumer receiving services under this section to have a

20  family member or other person serve as his or her individual

21  provider if the case manager has a reasonable, good faith belief

22  that the family member or other person will be unable to

23  appropriately meet the care needs of the consumer.  The consumer may

24  request a fair hearing to contest the decision of the case

25  manager, as provided in chapter 34.05 RCW.  The department may by

26  rule adopt guidelines for implementing this subsection.

     

27     Sec. 9.  RCW 70.127.040 and 1993 c 42 s 2 are each amended to read

28  as follows:

29      The following are not subject to regulation for the purposes of

30  this chapter:

31      (1) A family member;

32      (2) An organization that provides only meal services in a

33  person's residence;

34      (3) Entities furnishing durable medical equipment that does not

35  involve the delivery of professional services beyond those

36  necessary to set up and monitor the proper functioning of the

37  equipment and educate the user on its proper use;

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_1      (4) A person who provides services through a contract with a

_2  licensed agency;

_3      (5) An employee or volunteer of a licensed agency who provides

_4  services only as an employee or volunteer;

_5      (6) Facilities and institutions, including but not limited to

_6  nursing homes under chapter 18.51 RCW, hospitals under chapter

_7  70.41 RCW, boarding homes under chapter 18.20 RCW, developmental

_8  disability residential programs under chapter 71.12 RCW, or other

_9  facilities and institutions, only when providing services to

10  persons residing within the facility or institution if the

11  delivery of the services is regulated by the state;

12      (7) Persons providing care to disabled persons through a

13  contract with the department of social and health services;

14      (8) The home care quality authority authorized under section 2

15  of this act;

16      (9) Nursing homes, hospitals, or other institutions, agencies,

17  organizations, or persons that contract with licensed home health,

18  hospice, or home care agencies for the delivery of services;

19      (((9))) (10) In-home assessments of an ill, disabled, or infirm

20  person's ability to adapt to the home environment that does not

21  result in regular ongoing care at home;

22      (((10))) (11) Services conducted by and for the adherents of a

23  church or religious denomination that rely upon spiritual means

24  alone through prayer for healing in accordance with the tenets and

25  practices of such church or religious denomination and the bona

26  fide religious beliefs genuinely held by such adherents;

27      (((11))) (12) A medicare-approved dialysis center operating a

28  medicare-approved home dialysis program;

29      (((12))) (13) Case management services which do not include the

30  direct delivery of home health, hospice, or home care services;

31      (((13))) (14) Pharmacies licensed under RCW 18.64.043 that

32  deliver prescription drugs and durable medical equipment that does

33  not involve the use of professional services beyond those

34  authorized to be performed by licensed pharmacists pursuant to

35  chapter 18.64 RCW and those necessary to set up and monitor the

36  proper functioning of the equipment and educate the person on its

37  proper use.

38 

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_1      Sec. 10.  RCW 70.127.040 and 2000 c 175 s 4 are each amended to read

_2  as follows:

_3      The following are not subject to regulation for the purposes of

_4  this chapter:

_5      (1) A family member providing home health, hospice, or home

_6  care services;

_7      (2) A person who provides only meal services in an individual's

_8  permanent or temporary residence;

_9      (3) An individual providing home care through a direct

10  agreement with a recipient of care in an individual's permanent or

11  temporary residence;

12      (4) A person furnishing or delivering home medical supplies or

13  equipment that does not involve the provision of services beyond

14  those necessary to deliver, set up, and monitor the proper

15  functioning of the equipment and educate the user on its proper

16  use;

17      (5) A person who provides services through a contract with a

18  licensed agency;

19      (6) An employee or volunteer of a licensed agency who provides

20  services only as an employee or volunteer;

21      (7) Facilities and institutions, including but not limited to

22  nursing homes under chapter 18.51 RCW, hospitals under chapter

23  70.41 RCW, adult family homes under chapter 70.128 RCW, boarding

24  homes under chapter 18.20 RCW, developmental disability

25  residential programs under chapter 71.12 RCW, other entities

26  licensed under chapter ((71.12)) 71A.12 RCW, or other licensed

27  facilities and institutions, only when providing services to

28  persons residing within the facility or institution;

29      (8) Local and combined city-county health departments providing

30  services under chapters 70.05 and 70.08 RCW;

31      (9) An individual providing care to ill, disabled, infirm, or

32  vulnerable individuals through a contract with the department of

33  social and health services;

34      (10) The home care quality authority authorized under section 2

35  of this act;

36      (11) Nursing homes, hospitals, or other institutions, agencies,

37  organizations, or persons that contract with licensed home health,

38  hospice, or home care agencies for the delivery of services;

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_1      (((11))) (12) In-home assessments of an ill, disabled,

_2  vulnerable, or infirm individual that does not result in regular

_3  ongoing care at home;

_4      (((12))) (13) Services conducted by and for the adherents of a

_5  church or religious denomination that rely upon spiritual means

_6  alone through prayer for healing in accordance with the tenets and

_7  practices of such church or religious denomination and the bona

_8  fide religious beliefs genuinely held by such adherents;

_9      (((13))) (14) A medicare-approved dialysis center operating a

10  medicare-approved home dialysis program;

11      (((14))) (15) A person providing case management services.  For

12  the purposes of this subsection, "case management" means the

13  assessment, coordination, authorization, planning, training, and

14  monitoring of home health, hospice, and home care, and does not

15  include the direct provision of care to an individual;

16      (((15))) (16) Pharmacies licensed under RCW 18.64.043 that

17  deliver prescription drugs and durable medical equipment that does

18  not involve the use of professional services beyond those

19  authorized to be performed by licensed pharmacists pursuant to

20  chapter 18.64 RCW and those necessary to set up and monitor the

21  proper functioning of the equipment and educate the person on its

22  proper use;

23      (((16))) (17) A volunteer hospice complying with the

24  requirements of RCW 70.127.050; and

25      (((17))) (18) A person who provides home care services without

26  compensation.

     

27      Sec. 11.  RCW 70.127.060 and 1988 c 245 s 7 are each amended to read

28  as follows:

29      Except as exempt under RCW 70.127.040 (6) and (((8))) (9) a

30  nursing home licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW is not exempt from

31  the requirements of this chapter when the nursing home is

32  functioning  as a home health, hospice, or home care agency.

     

33      Sec. 12.  RCW 70.127.070 and 1988 c 245 s 8 are each amended to read

34  as follows:

35      Except as exempt under RCW 70.127.040 (6) and (((8))) (9), a

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_1  hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW is not exempt from the

_2  requirements of this chapter when the hospital is functioning as a

_3  home health, hospice, or home care agency.

     

_4      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 13.  Sections 2 through 6 of this act are each

_5  added to chapter 74.39A RCW.

     

_6      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 14.  Sections 9, 11, and 12 of this act expire

_7  January 1, 2002.

     

_8      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 15.  Section 10 of this act takes effect

_9  January 1, 2002.

     

10      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 16.  Captions used in this act are not any part

11  of the law.

 

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