PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-827-0110, 388-827-0115, 388-827-0125 and 388-827-0150, containing clarifying information and creating new WAC 388-827-0121 to add a requirement that an assessment must be done at least every twelve months as this requirement is contained in chapter 388-828 WAC.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-827-0110, 388-827-0115, 388-827-0125, and 388-827-0150.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030.
Other Authority: Title 71A RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-21-144 on October 24, 2007.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 4, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 4, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 28, 2007.
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator
3908.2(1) You must be eligible for or receive supplemental security income (SSI) cash assistance in the month in which the DDD/SSP is issued; or
(2) You receive Social Security Title II benefits as a disabled adult child and you would be eligible for SSI if you did not receive these benefits.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 71A.12.120. 04-15-094, § 388-827-0110, filed 7/16/04, effective 8/16/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020, 2002 c 371. 04-02-015, § 388-827-0110, filed 12/29/03, effective 1/29/04.]
(1) You received one or more of the following services from DDD with state-only funding between March 1, 2001 and June 30, 2003 and continue to demonstrate a need for and meet the DDD program eligibility requirements for these services. Additionally, you must have been eligible for or received SSI prior to July 1, 2006; or you received Social Security Title II benefits as a disabled adult child prior to July 1, 2006 and would have been eligible for SSI if you did not receive these benefits.
(a) Certain voluntary placement program services, which include:
(i) Foster care basic maintenance,
(ii) Foster care specialized support,
(iii) Agency specialized support,
(iv) Staffed residential home,
(v) Out-of-home respite care,
(vi) Agency in-home specialized support,
(vii) Group care basic maintenance,
(viii) Group care specialized support,
(ix) Transportation,
(x) Agency attendant care,
(xi) Child care,
(xii) Professional services,
(xiii) Nursing services,
(xiv) Interpreter services,
(b) Family support;
(c) One or more of the following residential services:
(i) Adult family home,
(ii) Adult residential care facility,
(iii) Alternative living,
(iv) Group home,
(v) Supported living,
(vi) Agency attendant care,
(vii) Supported living or other residential service allowance,
(viii) Intensive individual supported living support (companion homes).
(2) For individuals with community protection issues as defined in WAC 388-820-020, the department will determine eligibility for SSP on a case-by-case basis.
(3) For new authorizations of family support opportunity:
(a) You were on the family support opportunity waiting list prior to January 1, 2003; and
(b) You are on the home and community based services (HCBS) waiver administered by DDD; and
(c) You continue to meet the eligibility requirements for the family support opportunity program contained in WAC 388-825-200 through 388-825-242; and
(d) You must have been eligible for or received SSI prior to July 1, 2003; or you received Social Security Title II benefits as a disabled adult child prior to July 1, 2003 and would have been eligible for SSI if you did not receive these benefits.
(4) For individuals on one of the HCBS waivers administered by DDD (Basic, Basic Plus, Core or community protection):
(a) You must have been eligible for or received SSI prior to April 1, 2004; and
(b) You were determined eligible for SSP prior to April 1, 2004.
(5) You received Medicaid personal care (MPC) between September 2003 and August 2004; and
(a) You are under age eighteen at the time of your initial comprehensive assessment and reporting evaluation (CARE) assessment;
(b) You received or were eligible to receive SSI at the time of your initial CARE assessment;
(c) You are not on a home and community based services waiver administered by DDD; and
(d) You live with your family, as defined in WAC 388-825-020.
(6) If you meet all of the requirements listed in (5) above, your SSP will continue.
(7) You received one or more of the following state-only funded residential services between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2006 and continue to demonstrate a need for and meet the DDD program eligibility requirements for these services:
(a) Adult residential care facility;
(b) Alternative living;
(c) Group home;
(d) Supported living;
(e) Agency attendant care;
(f) Supported living or other residential allowance.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 74.04.057 and 20 C.F.R. 416.2099. 06-24-074, § 388-827-0115, filed 12/4/06, effective 1/4/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, and chapter 71A.12 RCW. 05-10-039, § 388-827-0115, filed 4/28/05, effective 5/29/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 71A.12.120. 04-15-094, § 388-827-0115, filed 7/16/04, effective 8/16/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020, 2002 c 371. 04-02-015, § 388-827-0115, filed 12/29/03, effective 1/29/04.]
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[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020, 2002 c 371. 04-02-015, § 388-827-0125, filed 12/29/03, effective 1/29/04.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020, 2002 c 371. 04-02-015, § 388-827-0150, filed 12/29/03, effective 1/29/04.]