SB 6601-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) |
Provides the department of social and health services shall not contract with any home care agency, as defined in RCW 70.127.010, that has been found by the department of labor and industries or a court of competent jurisdiction to have violated any provision of chapters 39.12, 49.46, and 49.48 RCW, unless the department finds that denying a contract would seriously inhibit the state's ability to provide vulnerable and elderly residents with quality community-based home care or the agency's violation or violations involved: (1) Very few employees; |
(2) A de minimus amount of wages per affected employee; or |
(3) An incidental offense. |