(1) An individual who is admitted by a residential habilitation center's intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities must be in need of and receiving active treatment services.
(2) Active treatment services means a continuous active treatment program, which includes aggressive, consistent implementation of a program of specialized and generic training, treatment, health services, and related services described in 42 C.F.R. 483.400 through 483.480, that is directed toward:
(a) The acquisition of the behaviors necessary for the client to function with as much self-determination and independence as possible; and
(b) The prevention or deceleration of regression or loss of current optimal functional status.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
71A.12.030 and
71A.12.120, 42 C.F.R. 483.440. WSR 19-12-088, § 388-837-9010, filed 6/4/19, effective 7/5/19.]