EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
Purpose: On May 3, 2007, the supreme court issued its decision invalidating the department's shared living rule outlined in WAC 388-106-0130. The majority concluded that the shared living rule violated the federal medicaid comparability provision requiring individualized assessment of every person requesting services. WAC 388-106-0130 is being amended in order to comply with the supreme court decision pertaining to shared living.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-106-0130.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: The supreme court concluded that the shared living rule, outlined in WAC 388-106-0130, violated the federal medicaid comparability provision requiring individualized assessment of every person requesting services.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 26, 2007.
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator
3897.3(2) The department will deduct from the base hours to account for your informal supports, as defined in WAC 388-106-0010, as follows:
(a) The CARE tool determines the adjustment for informal
supports by determining the amount of assistance available to
meet your needs, assigns it a numeric percentage, and reduces
the base hours assigned to the classification group by the
numeric percentage. The department has assigned the following
numeric values for the amount of assistance available for each
ADL and IADL:
| Meds | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value Percentage |
| Self administration of medications | Rules for all codes apply except independent is not counted | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 | ||
| Decline | N/A | 0 | ||
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .9 | ||
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .7 | |||
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .5 | |||
| >3/4 time | .3 | |||
| Unscheduled ADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value Percentage |
| Bed mobility, transfer, walk in room, eating, toilet use | Rules apply for all codes except:
Did not occur/client not able and
Did not occur/no provider = 1; Did not occur/client declined and independent are not counted. |
Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 | ||
| Decline | N/A | 0 | ||
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .9 | ||
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .7 | |||
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .5 | |||
| >3/4 time | .3 | |||
| Scheduled ADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value Percentage |
| Dressing, personal hygiene, bathing |
Rules apply for all codes except:
Did not occur/client not able and
Did not occur/no provider = 1; Did not occur/client declined and independent are not counted. |
Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 | ||
| Decline | N/A | 0 | ||
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .75 | ||
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .55 | |||
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .35 | |||
| >3/4 time | .15 | |||
| IADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value Percentage |
| Meal preparation, Ordinary housework, Essential shopping* |
Rules for all codes apply except independent is not counted. | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 | ||
| Decline | N/A | 0 | ||
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .3 | ||
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .2 | |||
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .1 | |||
| >3/4 time | .05 | |||
| IADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value Percentage |
| Travel to medical | Rules for all codes apply except independent is not counted. | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 | ||
| Decline | N/A | 0 | ||
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .9 | ||
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .7 | |||
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .5 | |||
| >3/4 time | .3 | |||
| Key: > means greater than < means less than *Results in 5% deduction for each IADL from the base hours. Remaining hours may be used for completion of household and personal care tasks. |
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(3) Also, the department will adjust in-home base hours
((for the following shared living circumstances:
(a))) if there is more than one client living in the same household, the status under subsection (2)(a) of this section must be met or partially met for the following IADLs:
(((i))) (a) Meal preparation,
(((ii))) (b) Housekeeping,
(((iii))) (c) Shopping, and
(((iv))) (d) Wood supply.
(((b) If you and your paid provider live in the same
household, the status under subsection (2)(a) of this section
must be met for the following IADLs:
(i) Meal preparation,
(ii) Housekeeping,
(iii) Shopping, and
(iv) Wood supply.
(c) When there is more than one client living in the same household and your paid provider lives in your household, the status under subsection (2)(a) of this section must be met for the following IADLs:
(i) Meal preparation,
(ii) Housekeeping,
(iii) Shopping, and
(iv) Wood supply.))
(4) After deductions are made to your base hours, as described in subsections (2) and (3), the department may add on hours based on your living environment:
| Condition | Status | Assistance Available | Add On Hours |
| Offsite laundry facilities, which means the client does not have facilities in own home and the caregiver is not available to perform any other personal or household tasks while laundry is done. | Unmet | N/A | 8 |
| Client is >45 minutes from essential services (which means he/she lives more than 45 minutes one-way from a full-service market). | Unmet | N/A | 5 |
| Met | N/A | 0 | |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | 5 | |
| between 1/4 to 1/2 time | 4 | ||
| between 1/2 to 3/4 time | 2 | ||
| >3/4 time | 2 | ||
| Wood supply used as sole source of heat. | Unmet | N/A | 8 |
| Met | N/A | 0 | |
| Declines | N/A | 0 | |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | 8 | |
| between 1/4 to 1/2 time | 6 | ||
| between 1/2 to 3/4 time | 4 | ||
| >3/4 time | 2 |
(6) The result of actions under subsections (2), (3), and (4) is the maximum number of hours that can be used to develop your plan of care. The department must take into account cost effectiveness, client health and safety, and program limits in determining how hours can be used to meet your identified needs. In the case of New Freedom consumer directed services (NFCDS), a New Freedom spending plan (NFSP) is developed in place of a plan of care.
(7) You and your case manager will work to determine what services you choose to receive if you are eligible. The hours may be used to authorize:
(a) Personal care services from a home care agency provider and/or an individual provider.
(b) Home delivered meals (i.e. a half hour from the available hours for each meal authorized).
(c) Adult day care (i.e. a half hour from the available hours for each hour of day care authorized).
(d) A home health aide if you are eligible per WAC 388-106-0300 or 388-106-0500.
(e) A private duty nurse (PDN) if you are eligible per WAC 388-71-0910 and 388-71-0915 or WAC 388-551-3000 (i.e. one hour from the available hours for each hour of PDN authorized).
(f) The purchase of New Freedom consumer directed services (NFCDS).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.030. 06-16-035, § 388-106-0130, filed 7/25/06, effective 8/25/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.010 and 74.39A.020. 06-05-022, § 388-106-0130, filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 05-11-082, § 388-106-0130, filed 5/17/05, effective 6/17/05.]