1694-S AMS HEA AMS2762.1

SHB 1694 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

ADOPTED AS AMENDED 04/17/2003

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1. RCW 18.20.110 and 2000 c 47 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

The department shall make or cause to be made, at least ((a yearly)) every eighteen months with an annual average of fifteen months, an inspection and investigation of all boarding homes. However, the department may delay an inspection to twenty-four months if the boarding home has had three consecutive inspections with no written notice of violations and has received no written notice of violations resulting from complaint investigation during that same time period. The department may at anytime make an unannounced inspection of a licensed home to assure that the licensee is in compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. Every inspection shall focus primarily on actual or potential resident outcomes, and may include an inspection of every part of the premises and an examination of all records (other than financial records), methods of administration, the general and special dietary, and the stores and methods of supply. Following such an inspection or inspections, written notice of any violation of this law or the rules adopted hereunder shall be given to the applicant or licensee and the department. The department may prescribe by rule that any licensee or applicant desiring to make specified types of alterations or additions to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall, before commencing such alteration, addition, or new construction, submit plans and specifications therefor to the agencies responsible for plan reviews for preliminary inspection and approval or recommendations with respect to compliance with the rules and standards herein authorized."

SHB 1694 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

ADOPTED AS AMENDED 04/17/2003

On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "homes;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 18.20.110."

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