You are eligible for MPC-funded services when the department assesses your functional ability and determines that you meet all of the following criteria:

(1) You are certified as noninstitutional categorically needy, as defined in WAC 182-500-0020, or have been determined eligible for Washington apple health alternative benefit plan coverage, as described in WAC 182-505-0250. Categorically needy medical institutional programs described in chapter 182-513 and 182-515 WAC do not meet the criteria for MPC.

(2) You do not require the level of care furnished in a hospital or nursing facility, as defined in WAC 388-106-0355, an intermediate care facility for intellectual disability, as defined in WAC 388-825-3080 and WAC 388-828-4400, an institution providing psychiatric services for individuals under the age of twenty-one, or an institution for mental disease for individuals age sixty-five or over.

(3) You are functionally eligible which means one of the following applies:

(a) You have an unmet or partially met need for assistance with at least three of the following activities of daily living, as defined in WAC 388-106-0010:

For each Activity of Daily Living, the minimum level of assistance required in:
	Self-Performance, Status or Treatment Need is:	Support Provided is:
Eating	N/A	Setup
Toileting	Supervision	N/A
Bathing	Supervision	N/A
Dressing	Supervision	N/A
Transfer	Supervision	Setup
Bed Mobility	Supervision	Setup
Walk in Room or Locomotion in Room or Locomotion Outside Immediate Living Environment	Supervision	Setup
Medication Management	Assistance Required	N/A
Personal Hygiene	Supervision	N/A
Body care which includes: ■ Application of ointment or lotions; ■ Toenails trimmed; ■ Dry bandage changes; (■ = if you are over eighteen years of age or older) or Passive range of motion treatment (if you are four years of age or older).	Needs or Received/Needs Need: Coded as "Yes"	N/A

Your need for assistance in any of the activities listed in subsection (a) of this section did not occur because you were unable or no provider was available to assist you will be counted for the purpose of determining your functional eligibility.

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(b) You have an unmet or partially met need for assistance or the activity did not occur (because you were unable or no provider was available) with at least one or more of the following:

For each Activity of Daily Living, the minimum level of assistance required in
	Self-Performance, Status or Treatment Need is:	Support Provided is:
Eating	Supervision	One person physical assist
Toileting	Extensive Assistance	One person physical assist
Bathing	Physical Help/part of bathing	One person physical assist
Dressing	Extensive Assistance	One person physical assist
Transfer	Extensive Assistance	One person physical assist
Bed Mobility and Turning and repositioning	Limited Assistance and Need	One person physical assist
Walk in Room or Locomotion in Room or Locomotion Outside Immediate Living Environment	Extensive Assistance	One person physical assist
Medication Management	Assistance Required Daily	N/A
Personal Hygiene	Extensive Assistance	One person physical assist
Body care which includes: ■ Application of ointment or lotions; ■ Toenails trimmed; ■ Dry bandage changes; (■ = if you are eighteen years of age or older) or Passive range of motion treatment (if you are four years of age or older).	Needs or Received/Needs Need: Coded as "Yes"	N/A

Your need for assistance in any of the activities listed in subsection (b) of this section did not occur because you were unable or no provider was available to assist you will be counted for the purpose determining your functional eligibility.

PDFWAC 388-106-0210

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