HB 2708 - DIGEST

     Declares an intent that the department of social and health services must adopt due process rules to clarify for boarding home providers definitions and thresholds for noncompliance or violations of chapter 18.20 RCW that trigger sanctions available to the department under RCW 18.20.190.

     Provides that sanctions under RCW 18.20.190 not be imposed for violations of chapter 18.20 RCW that: (1) Do not cause more than minimal actual harm to a resident; (2) do not appear to be systemic in nature with the potential, if uncorrected, to cause significant physical harm to residents; (3) do not cause or create imminent danger of significant physical harm to one or more residents, unless such a violation is recurring; and (4) are corrected prior to the last day of the department's on-site visit in which such a violation is discovered.