PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Adult Services Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Revising WAC 388-76-640 Adult family home minimum licensing requirements, to incorporate new chapter 246-888 WAC, Medication assistance. In addition, to revise WAC 388-76-61510 Adult family home minimum licensing requirements.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 70.128.040 and 70.128.007.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish:
| • | To update WAC 388-76-640 Resident medications, to reflect the new requirements from chapter 246-888 WAC, Medication assistance, recently established by the Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy. This will ensure that adult family home providers are following current rules governing medication protocols for residents. |
| • | To revise WAC 388-76-61510 When must the negotiated care plan be developed? and extend the required time frame from fourteen days. This will allow adult family home providers more time to become better acquainted with the resident thus developing a more complete negotiated care plan. |
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Stakeholder mailing list will include the Department of Health (Boards of Nursing and Pharmacy).
Process for Developing New Rule: Stakeholder meetings are scheduled for input as follows: On April 18, at 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., DSHS Building, Room 291, 1949 State Street, Tacoma; or on April 28, at 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., DSHS, Home and Community Services, 1427 West Gardner, Spokane. The stakeholder mailing list will include adult family home associations, adult family home providers who do not belong to an association, residents and their families, the long term care ombudsman program, and other DSHS agencies involved with adult family homes. In addition, anyone interested in this topic may contact Robert Stroh at Aging and Adult Services Administration and provide input via telephone, e-mail, etc.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Robert Stroh, e-mail STROH@dshs.WA.Gov, phone (360) 407-0934, or 1-800-422-3263, M-F, 8-5, fax (360) 438-7903, Aging and Adult Administration Services, Residential Care Services, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600.
March 3, 2000
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit