Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 74.39A RCW
LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES OPTIONSEXPANSION
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74.39A.005Findings.
74.39A.007Purpose and intent.
74.39A.009Definitions.
74.39A.010Assisted living services and enhanced adult residential careContractsRules.
74.39A.020Adult residential careContractsRules.
74.39A.030Expansion of home and community servicesPayment rates.
74.39A.032Medicaid payment methodology for certain contracted assisted living facilitiesEstablished by ruleRequired components.
74.39A.035Expansion of nutrition services through the meals on wheels program.
74.39A.040Department assessment of and assistance to hospital patients in need of long-term care.
74.39A.051Quality improvement principles.
74.39A.056Background checks on long-term care workers.
74.39A.060Toll-free telephone number for complaintsInvestigation and referralRulesDiscrimination or retaliation prohibited.
74.39A.070Rules for qualifications and training requirementsRequirement that contractors comply with federal and state regulations.
74.39A.074Training requirements for long-term care workersRules.
74.39A.076Training requirements for individual providers caring for family members.
74.39A.078Rules for the approval of curricula for facility-based caregivers serving persons with behavioral health needs and geriatric behavioral health workersCurricula requirements.
74.39A.080Department authority to take actions in response to noncompliance or violations.
74.39A.086Enforcement actions against persons not certified as home care aides and their employersRule-making authority.
74.39A.090Discharge planningContracts for case management services and reassessment and reauthorizationAssessment of case management roles and quality of in-home care servicesPlan of care model language.
74.39A.095Case management servicesContractual requirementsConsumers' plans of careNotification to consumer directed employer.
74.39A.100Chore servicesLegislative finding, intent.
74.39A.110Chore servicesLegislative policy and intent regarding available fundsLevels of service.
74.39A.120Chore servicesExpenditure limitationPrioritiesRule on patient resource limit.
74.39A.130Chore servicesDepartment to develop program.
74.39A.140Chore servicesEmployment of public assistance recipients.
74.39A.150Chore services for persons with disabilitiesEligibility.
74.39A.155Support for persons at risk of institutional placement.
74.39A.160Transfer of assetsPenalties.
74.39A.170Recovery of paymentsTransfer of assets rules for eligibilityDisclosure of estate recovery costs, terms, and conditions.
74.39A.180Authority to pay for probate actions and collection of bad debts.
74.39A.200Training curricula, materialsIn public domainExceptions.
74.39A.210Disclosure of employee informationEmployer immunityRebuttable presumption.
74.39A.240Definitions.
74.39A.250Individual provider referral registryConsumer directed employer dutiesDepartment duties.
74.39A.261Background checks on individual providersDepartment duties.
74.39A.270Individual providers contracted with the departmentCollective bargainingCircumstances in which individual providers are considered public employeesExceptionsLimitations.
74.39A.275Individual provider overtimeAnnual expenditure reports to legislature and joint legislative-executive overtime oversight task force.
74.39A.300Funding processDepartment-contracted individual providers.
74.39A.310Contract for individual home care services providersCost of change in wages and benefits funded or increase in labor rates.
74.39A.320Establishment of capital add-on rateDetermination of medicaid occupancy percentage.
74.39A.326In-home personal care or respite services to family membersDepartment not authorized to payExceptionsEnforcementRules.
74.39A.331Peer mentoring.
74.39A.341Continuing education requirements for long-term care workers.
74.39A.351Advanced training.
74.39A.360Training partnership.
74.39A.370Addressing long-term care complaint workload.
74.39A.380Internal quality review and accountability program for residential care servicesQuality assurance panelReport.
74.39A.390Personal care servicesGlove access.
74.39A.400Personal care servicesCommunity first choice option.
74.39A.433Continuing education for long-term care workers work group.
74.39A.500Consumer directed employer programEstablishmentStructureVendor qualificationsTransitionDepartment duties.
74.39A.505Consumer directed employer programRule-making authority2018 c 278.
74.39A.510Consumer directed employer programLimitations.
74.39A.515Duties of consumer directed employers that employ individual providersCase management responsibilitiesRule making.
74.39A.520Individual providers employed by a consumer directed employerConsumer's right to select, schedule, supervise, or dismiss individual providers.
74.39A.525Overtime criteriaDepartment-contracted individual providersIndividual providers employed by a consumer directed employerRule makingExpenditure reportsJoint legislative-executive overtime oversight task force.
74.39A.530Consumer directed employer programLabor and administrative ratesRate-setting boardFunding process.
74.39A.540Home care safety net assessment work groupSecuring federal fundingContractingReporting.
74.39A.550Long-term care industry dataAnnual report.
74.39A.800Changes to agreementsPerformance of duties.
74.39A.900Section captions1993 c 508.
74.39A.901Conflict with federal requirements.
74.39A.903Effective date1993 c 508.