Date of Adoption: April 27, 2004.

     Purpose: Amending chapters 388-71 WAC, Home and community services and programs; chapter 388-72A WAC, Comprehensive assessment reporting evaluation (CARE) tool; and adding a new section to chapter 388-515 WAC, Alternative living--Institutional medical, to establish the medically needy (MN) in-home waiver program. The department is adopting rules to establish eligibility criteria, applicable income standards, specific waiver services, and amending other sections as needed.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-71-0194, 388-71-0202, 388-71-0405, 388-71-0410, 388-71-0415, 388-71-0420, 388-71-0425, 388-71-0440, 388-71-0465, 388-71-0470, 388-71-0480, 388-71-0510, 388-71-05665, 388-71-0700, 388-71-0708, 388-71-0915, 388-71-0960, 388-71-1105, 388-72A-0060, 388-72A-0065, and 388-72A-0100.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: ESHB 2459, section 206 (6)(b), chapter 276, Laws of 2004; RCW 74.09.700, 74.09.575.

     Other Authority: Townsend v. DSHS, United States District Court, Western District of Washington, No. C 00-0944Z.

     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: Adoption of emergency rules are necessary to comply with ESHB 2459, section 206 (6)(b), chapter 276, Laws of 2004, and United States District Court, Western District of Washington, No. C 00-0944Z, stipulated agreement and order staying proceedings, requiring the implementation of an in-home medically needy Medicaid waiver program.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 4, Amended 21, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 4, Amended 21, Repealed 0.
     Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 2004.

April 27, 2004

Brian H. Lindgren, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

     (a) Nursing assessment/reassessment;

     (b) Instruction to care providers and clients;

     (c) Care coordination;

     (d) File review;

     (e) Evaluation.

     (2) The frequency and scope of the nursing service will be based on individual client need.

     (3) This nursing service will not be provided if activities duplicate services that the client is receiving from some other resource. Coordination and/or referrals to appropriate health care providers will occur as necessary.

     (4) The registered nurse providing this service will not perform skilled treatment except in the event of an emergency. A skilled treatment is care that would require authorization, prescription, and supervision by an authorized practitioner prior to its provision by a nurse, for example, medication administration or wound care such as debridement. The need for any skilled medical or nursing treatments will be referred to a health care provider, a home health agency or ((a)) other appropriate resource.

     (5) The registered nurse must document the result of the nursing service provided on a department-approved form. The registered nurse provides a copy to the staff who has case management responsibility.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.04.200, 74.09.520, 74.39.020, 74.39A.090, 2003 1st sp.s. c 25, 2003 c 140. 03-24-001, § 388-71-0194, filed 11/19/03, effective 12/20/03. Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0194, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, and 74.39A.090. 02-21-098, § 388-71-0194, filed 10/21/02, effective 11/21/02.]

     Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-04-042, filed 1/29/04, effective 2/29/04)

WAC 388-71-0202   Long-term care services -- Definitions.   The department shall use the definition in this section for long-term care services.

     "Long-term care services" means the services administered directly or through contract by the aging and adult services administration of the department, including but not limited to nursing facility care and home and community services.

     "Aged person" means a person sixty-five years of age or older.

     "Agency provider" means a licensed home care agency or a licensed home health agency having a contract to provide long-term care personal care services to a client in the client's own home.

     "Application" means a written request for medical assistance or long-term care services submitted to the department by the applicant, the applicant's authorized representative, or, if the applicant is incompetent or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly for the applicant. The applicant shall submit the request on a form prescribed by the department.

     "Assessment" or "reassessment" means an inventory and evaluation of abilities and needs based on an in-person interview in the client's own home or other place of residence.

     "Attendant care" means the chore personal care service provided to a grandfathered client needing full-time care due to the client's need for:

     (1) Assistance with personal care; or

     (2) Protective supervision due to confusion, forgetfulness, or lack of judgment. Protective supervision does not include responsibilities a legal guardian should assume such as management of property and financial affairs.

     "Authorization" means an official approval of a departmental action, for example, a determination of client eligibility for service or payment for a client's long-term care services.

     "Blind person" means a person determined blind as described under WAC 388-511-1105 by the division of disability determination services of the medical assistance administration.

     "Categorically needy" means the financial status of a person as defined under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Client" means an applicant for service or a person currently receiving services.

     "Community residence" means:

     (1) The client's "own home" as defined in this section;

     (2) Licensed adult family home under department contract;

     (3) Licensed boarding home under department contract;

     (4) Licensed children's foster home;

     (5) Licensed group care facility, as described in chapter 388-148 WAC; or

     (6) Shared living arrangement as defined in this section.

     "Community spouse" means a person as described under WAC 388-513-1365 (1)(b).

     "Contracted program" means services provided by a licensed and contracted home care agency or home health agency.

     "COPES" means community options program entry system.

     "Department" means the state department of social and health services.

     "Direct personal care services" means verbal or physical assistance with tasks involving direct client care which are directly related to the client's disabling condition. Such assistance is limited to allowable help with the tasks of ambulation, bathing, body care, dressing, eating, personal hygiene, positioning, self-medication, toileting, transfer, as defined in "personal care services" below.

     "Disabled" means a person determined disabled as described under WAC 388-511-1105 by the division of disability determination services of the medical assistance administration.

     "Disabling condition" means a condition which prevents a person from self-performance of personal care tasks without assistance.

     "Estate recovery" means the department's activity in recouping funds after the client's death which were expended for long-term care services provided to the client during the client's lifetime per WAC 388-527-2742.

     "Grandfathered client" means a chore personal care services client approved for either:

     (1) Attendant care services provided under the chore personal care program when these services began before April 1, 1988; and

     (2) Family care services provided under the chore personal care program when these services began before December 14, 1987; and

     (3) The client was receiving the same services as of June 30, 1989; and

     (4) Chore personal services when these services began before August 1, 2001.

     "Home health agency" means a licensed:

     (1) Agency or organization certified under Medicare to provide comprehensive health care on a part-time or intermittent basis to a patient in the patient's place of residence and reimbursed through the use of the client's medical identification card; or

     (2) Home health agency, certified or not certified under Medicare, contracted and authorized to provide:

     (a) Private duty nursing; or

     (b) Skilled nursing services under an approved Medicaid waiver program.

     "Household assistance" means assistance with incidental household tasks provided as an integral, but subordinate part of the personal care furnished directly to a client by and through the long-term care programs as described in this chapter. Household assistance is considered an integral part of personal care when such assistance is directly related to the client's medical or mental health condition, is reflected in the client's service plan, and is provided only when a client is assessed as needing personal care assistance with one or more direct personal care tasks. Household assistance tasks include travel to medical services, essential shopping, meal preparation, laundry, housework, and wood supply.

     "Income" means "income" as defined under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Individual provider" means a person employed by a community options program entry system (COPES), Medically Needy Waiver Services, or Medicaid personal care client when the person:

     (1) Meets or exceeds the qualifications as defined under WAC 388-71-0500 through ((388-71-05640)) 388-71-0580;

     (2) Has signed an agreement to provide personal care services to a client; and

     (3) Has been authorized payment for the services provided in accordance with the client's service plan.

     "Individual provider program (IPP)" means a method of chore personal care service delivery where the client employs and supervises the chore personal care service provider.

     "Institution" means an establishment which furnishes food, shelter, medically-related services, and medical care to four or more persons unrelated to the proprietor. "Institution" includes medical facilities, nursing facilities, and institutions for the mentally retarded, but does not include correctional institutions.

     "Institutional eligible client" means a person whose eligibility is determined under WAC 388-513-1315.

     "Institutionalized client" means the same as defined in WAC 388-513-1365(f).

     "Institutional spouse" means a person described under WAC 388-513-1365 (1)(e).

     "Medicaid" means the federal aid Title XIX program under which medical care is provided to:

     (1) Categorically needy as defined under WAC 388-500-0005; and

     (2) Medically needy as defined under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Medical assistance" means the federal aid Title XIX program under which medical care is provided to the categorically needy as defined under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Medical institution" means an institution defined under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Medically necessary" and "medical necessity" mean the same as defined under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Medically oriented tasks" means direct personal care services and household assistance provided as an integral but subordinate part of the personal care and supervision furnished directly to a client.

     "Mental health professional" means a person defined under WAC 388-865-0150.

     "Own home" means the client's present or intended place of residence:

     (1) In a building the client rents and the rental is not contingent upon the purchase of personal care services as defined in this section; or

     (2) In a building the client owns; or

     (3) In a relative's established residence; or

     (4) In the home of another where rent is not charged and residence is not contingent upon the purchase of personal care services as defined in this section.

     "Personal care aide" means a person meeting the department's qualification and training requirements and providing direct personal care services to a client. The personal care aide may be an employee of a contracted agency provider or may be an individual provider employed by the client.

     "Personal care services" means both physical assistance and/or prompting and supervising the performance of direct personal care tasks and household tasks, as listed in (1) through (17) of this subsection. Such services may be provided for clients who are functionally unable to perform all or part of such tasks or who are incapable of performing the tasks without specific instructions. Personal care services do not include assistance with tasks that are age appropriate for children under age eighteen or performed by a licensed health professional.

     (1) "Ambulation" means assisting the client to move around. Ambulation includes supervising the client when walking alone or with the help of a mechanical device such as a walker if guided, assisting with difficult parts of walking such as climbing stairs, supervising the client if client is able to propel a wheelchair if guided, pushing of the wheelchair, and providing constant or standby physical assistance to the client if totally unable to walk alone or with a mechanical device.

     (2) "Bathing" means assisting a client to wash. Bathing includes supervising the client able to bathe when guided, assisting the client with difficult tasks such as getting in or out of the tub or washing back, and completely bathing the client if totally unable to wash self.

     (3) "Body care" means assisting the client with exercises, skin care including the application of nonprescribed ointments or lotions, changing dry bandages or dressings when professional judgment is not required and pedicure to trim toenails and apply lotion to feet. In adult family homes or in licensed boarding homes contracting with DSHS to provide assisted living services, dressing changes using clean technique and topical ointments must be delegated by a registered nurse in accordance with chapter 246-840 WAC. "Body care" excludes:

     (a) Foot care for clients who are diabetic or have poor circulation; or

     (b) Changing bandages or dressings when sterile procedures are required.

     (4) "Dressing" means assistance with dressing and undressing. Dressing includes supervising and guiding client when client is dressing and undressing, assisting with difficult tasks such as tying shoes and buttoning, and completely dressing or undressing client when unable to participate in dressing or undressing self.

     (5) "Eating" means assistance with eating. Eating includes supervising client when able to feed self if guided, assisting with difficult tasks such as cutting food or buttering bread, and feeding the client when unable to feed self.

     (6) "Essential shopping" means assistance with shopping to meet the client's health care or nutritional needs. Limited to brief, occasional trips in the local area to shop for food, medical necessities, and household items required specifically for the health, maintenance, and well-being of the client. Essential shopping includes assisting when the client can participate in shopping and doing the shopping when the client is unable to participate.

     (7) "Housework" means performing or helping the client perform those periodic tasks required to maintain the client in a safe and healthy environment. Activities performed include such things as cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning the oven, and defrosting the freezer, shoveling snow. Washing inside windows and walls is allowed, but is limited to twice a year. Assistance with housework is limited to those areas of the home which are actually used by the client. This task is not a maid service and does not include yard care.

     (8) "Laundry" means washing, drying, ironing, and mending clothes and linens used by the client or helping the client perform these tasks.

     (9) "Meal preparation" means assistance with preparing meals. Meal preparation includes planning meals including special diets, assisting clients able to participate in meal preparation, preparing meals for clients unable to participate, and cleaning up after meals. This task may not be authorized to just plan meals or clean up after meals. The client must need assistance with actual meal preparation.

     (10) "Personal hygiene" means assistance with care of hair, teeth, dentures, shaving, filing of nails, and other basic personal hygiene and grooming needs. Personal hygiene includes supervising the client when performing the tasks, assisting the client to care for the client's own appearance, and performing grooming tasks for the client when the client is unable to care for own appearance.

     (11) "Positioning" means assisting the client to assume a desired position, assistance in turning and positioning to prevent secondary disabilities, such as contractures and balance deficits or exercises to maintain the highest level of functioning which has already been attained and/or to prevent the decline in physical functional level. (Range of motion ordered as part of a physical therapy treatment is not included.)

     (12) "Self-medication" means assisting the client to self-administer medications prescribed by attending physician. Self-medication includes reminding the client of when it is time to take prescribed medication, handing the medication container to the client, and opening a container.

     (13) "Supervision" means being available to:

     (a) Help the client with personal care tasks that cannot be scheduled, such as toileting, ambulation, transfer, positioning, some medication assistance; and

     (b) Provide protective supervision to a client who cannot be left alone because of impaired judgment.

     (14) "Toileting" means assistance with bladder or bowel functions. Toileting includes guidance when the client is able to care for own toileting needs, helping client to and from the bathroom, assisting with bedpan routines, using incontinent briefs on client, and lifting client on and off the toilet. Toileting may include performing routine perineal care, colostomy care, or catheter care for the client when client is able to supervise the activities. In adult family homes or in licensed boarding homes contracting with DSHS to provide assisted living services colostomy care and catheterization using clean technique must be delegated by a registered nurse in accordance with chapter 246-840 WAC.

     (15) "Transfer" means assistance with getting in and out of a bed or wheelchair or on and off the toilet or in and out of the bathtub. Transfer includes supervising the client when able to transfer if guided, providing steadying, and helping the client when client assists in own transfer. Lifting the client when client is unable to assist in their own transfer requires specialized training.

     (16) "Travel to medical services" means accompanying or transporting the client to a physician's office or clinic in the local area to obtain medical diagnosis or treatment.

     (17) "Wood supply" means splitting, stacking, or carrying wood for the client when the client uses wood as the sole source of fuel for heating and/or cooking. This task is limited to splitting, stacking, or carrying wood the client has at own home. The department shall not allow payment for a provider to use a chain saw or to fell trees.

     "Physician" means a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry, as defined under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Plan of care" means a "service plan" as described under WAC 388-71-0205.

     "Property owned" means any real and personal property and other assets over which the client has any legal title or interest.

     "Provider" or "provider of service" means an institution, agency, or person:

     (1) Having a signed department agreement to furnish long-term care client services; and

     (2) Qualified and eligible to receive department payment.

     "Relative" means for chore personal care service, a client's spouse, father, mother, son, or daughter.

     "Service plan" means a plan for long-term care service delivery as described under WAC 388-71-0205.

     "SSI-related" means a person who is aged, blind, or disabled.

     "Supervision" means a person available to a long-term care client as defined under "personal care services."

     "Supplemental Security Income (SSI)" means the federal program as described under WAC 388-500-0005.

     "Title XIX" is the portion of the federal Social Security Act which authorizes federal funding for medical assistance programs, e.g., nursing facility care, COPES, Medically Needy Residential Waiver, Medically Needy In-home Waiver, and Medicaid personal care home and community-based services.

     Medically needy (MN) medical programs provide medical coverage for people whose income is more than the categorically needy (CN) standards. While MN medical coverage is more limited than CN, MN programs pay for many of the services also covered under CN. See chapter 388-529 WAC for the MN scope of care.

     "Transfer of resources" means the same as defined under WAC 388-513-1365 (1)(g).

     "Unscheduled tasks" means ambulation, toileting, transfer, positioning, and unscheduled medication assistance as described in this chapter.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 04-04-042, § 388-71-0202, filed 1/29/04, effective 2/29/04. Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0202, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, and 74.39A.090. 02-21-098, § 388-71-0202, filed 10/21/02, effective 11/21/02.]

     (1) Community options program entry system (COPES), authorized under RCW 74.39A.030.

     (2) Medicaid personal care services (MPC), authorized under RCW 74.09.520.

     (3) Chore personal care services, a state-only funded program authorized under RCW 74.39A.110.

     (4) Medically Needy Residential Waiver, authorized under RCW 74.09.700 and ((74.39A.041)) 74.39.041.

     (5) Medically Needy In-home Waiver, authorized under RCW 74.09.700 and 74.39.041.

[Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0405, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.09.520, 74.08.090, 74.39A.130. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0405, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) For COPES, MNIW, MPC or chore: Assistance in your own home with personal care tasks and household tasks, as defined in WAC 388-71-0202, and as applicable, assistance with personal care tasks while you are out of the home accessing community resources or working ; and

     (2) For all HCP programs except MNIW: Assistance with personal care tasks and household tasks in a residential setting, as described in WAC 388-71-0600. Note: Household tasks are included as part of the board and room rate.

     (3) For COPES, MNIW, or MPC: Personal care assistance when temporarily traveling out of state, as long as:

     (a) Your individual provider is contracted with the state of Washington; and

     (b) The travel plans are coordinated with your social service case manager prior to departure; and

     (c) Services are authorized on your service plan prior to departure; and

     (d) Services are strictly for your personal care, which does not include your provider's travel time, expenses, lodging or subsistence.

[Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0410, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, and 74.39A.090. 02-21-098, § 388-71-0410, filed 10/21/02, effective 11/21/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.39.010, 74.09.520. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0410, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     Clients receiving waiver services in their own home through COPES or MNIW may be eligible for the additional services outlined in subsections (1) through (10) below.

     (1) For COPES in-home clients or Medically Needy In-home clients, adult day care if you meet the eligibility requirements under WAC ((388-15-652)) 388-71-0708 or its successor.

     (2) Environmental modifications, if the minor physical adaptations to your home:

     (a) Are necessary to ensure your health, welfare and safety;

     (b) Enable you to function with greater independence in the home;

     (c) Directly benefit you medically or remedially;

     (d) Meet applicable state or local codes;

     (e) Adaptions or improvements to the home, which are of general utility or add to the total square footage of the home are excluded.

     (3) Home delivered meals provides nutritional balanced meals, limited to one meal per day, if:

     (a) You are homebound and live in your own home;

     (b) You are unable to prepare the meal;

     (c) You don't have a caregiver (paid or unpaid) available to prepare this meal; and

     (d) Receiving this meal is more cost-effective than having a paid caregiver.

     (4) Home health aide service tasks in your own home, if the service tasks:

     (a) Include assistance with ambulation, exercise, self-administered medications and hands on personal care;

     (b) Are beyond the amount, duration or scope of Medicaid reimbursed home health services (WAC ((388-551-2100)) 388-551-2120) and are in addition to those available services;

     (c) Are health-related. Note: Incidental services such as meal preparation may be performed in conjunction with a health-related task as long as it is not the sole purpose of the aide's visit; and

     (d) Do not replace Medicare home health services.

     (5) Personal emergency response system (PERS), if the service is necessary to enable you to secure help in the event of an emergency and if you:

     (a) Live alone in your own home; or

     (b) Are alone, in your own home, for significant parts of the day and have no regular provider for extended periods of time.

     (6) Skilled nursing in your own home, if the service is:

     (a) Provided by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse under the supervision of a registered nurse; and

     (b) Beyond the amount, duration or scope of Medicaid-reimbursed home health services as provided under WAC 388-551-2100.

     (7) Specialized durable and nondurable medical equipment and supplies under WAC 388-543-1000, if the items are:

     (a) Medically necessary under WAC 388-500-0005; and

     (b) Necessary for life support; or

     (c) Necessary to increase your ability to perform activities of daily living; or

     (d) Necessary for you to perceive, control, or communicate with the environment in which you live; and

     (e) Directly medically or remedially beneficial to you; and

     (f) In addition to and do not replace any medical equipment and/or supplies otherwise provided under Medicaid and/or Medicare.

     (8) Training needs identified in the comprehensive assessment or in a professional evaluation, if you need to meet a therapeutic goal such as:

     (a) Adjusting to a serious impairment;

     (b) Managing personal care needs; or

     (c) Developing necessary skills to deal with care providers.

     (9) Transportation services if you live in your own home, if the service:

     (a) Provides you access to community services and resources provided in accordance with a therapeutic goal;

     (b) Is not merely diversional in nature;

     (c) Is in addition to and does not replace the Medicaid-brokered transportation or transportation services available in the community.

     (10) ((For COPES or Medically Needy Residential waiver clients, skilled nursing in a residential setting, if the service is:

     (a) Provided by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse under the supervision of a registered nurse; and

     (b) Beyond the amount, duration or scope of Medicaid-reimbursed home health services as provided under WAC 388-551-2100; and

     (c) In addition to and does not replace the services required by DSHS contract in residential settings)) Nurse delegation services if:

     (a) You are living in your own home;

     (b) You are eligible for COPES; and

     (c) You are receiving personal care from a registered or certified nursing assistant who has completed nurse delegation core training;

     (d) Your medical condition is considered stable and predictable by the delegating nurse; and

     (e) Services are provided in compliance with WAC 246-840-901 through 246-840-970.

     Clients receiving services in a residential setting through COPES or MNRW may be eligible for the additional services outlined in subsections (11) through (14) below.

     (11) Specialized durable and nondurable medical equipment and supplies under WAC 388-543-1000, if the items are:

     (a) Medically necessary under WAC 388-500-0005; and

     (b) Necessary for life support; or

     (c) Necessary to increase your ability to perform activities of daily living; or

     (d) Necessary for you to perceive, control, or communicate with the environment in which you live; and

     (e) Directly medically or remedially beneficial to you; and

     (f) In addition to and do not replace any medical equipment and/or supplies otherwise provided under Medicaid and/or Medicare; and

     (g) In addition to and do not replace the services required by DSHS contract in residential settings.

     (12) Training needs identified in the comprehensive assessment or in a professional evaluation, if you need to meet a therapeutic goal such as:

     (a) Adjusting to a serious impairment;

     (b) Managing personal care needs; or

     (c) Developing necessary skills to deal with care providers; and

     (d) The service is in addition to and does not replace the services required by DSHS contract in residential settings.

     (13) Transportation services if you live in a residential setting, if the service:

     (a) Provides you access to community services and resources provided in accordance with a therapeutic goal;

     (b) Is not merely diversional in nature;

     (c) Is in addition to and does not replace the Medicaid-brokered transportation or transportation services available in the community; and

     (d) Does not replace the services required by DSHS contract in residential settings.

     Note: Clients who reside in enhanced residential care, assisted living or adult family homes are not eligible for waiver funded adult day care.

     (14) ((Nurse delegation services if:

     (a) You are living in your own home;

     (b) You are eligible for COPES; and

     (c) You are receiving personal care from a registered or certified nursing assistant who has completed Nurse Delegation Core Training;

     (d) Your medical condition is considered stable and predictable by the delegating nurse; and

     (e) Services are provided in compliance with WAC 246-840-901 through 246-840-970)) Skilled nursing in a residential setting, if the service is:

     (a) Provided by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse under the supervision of a registered nurse; and

     (b) Beyond the amount, duration or scope of Medicaid-reimbursed home health services as provided under WAC 388-551-2100; and

     (c) In addition to and does not replace the services required by DSHS contract in residential settings.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.04.200, 74.09.520, 74.39.020, 74.39A.090, 2003 1st sp.s. c 25, 2003 c 140. 03-24-001, § 388-71-0415, filed 11/19/03, effective 12/20/03. Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0415, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.39.020. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0415, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) For chore personal care and MPC:

     (a) Teaching, including teaching how to perform personal care tasks;

     (b) Development of social, behavioral, recreational, communication, or other types of community living skills;

     (c) Nursing care.

     (2) Personal care services provided outside of your residence, unless the services are authorized in your written service plan and meet the program criteria.

     (3) Child care;

     (4) Sterile procedures, administration of medications, or other tasks requiring a licensed health professional, unless authorized as an approved nursing delegation task, client self-directed care task, or provided by a family member;

     (5) Services provided over the telephone;

     (6) Services provided outside the state of Washington if chore personal care;

     (7) Services to assist other household members not eligible for services;

     (8) Yard care.

[Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0420, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.09.520, 74.08.090, 74.39A.130. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0420, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) For in-home clients, individual providers, who must meet the requirements outlined in WAC 388-71-0500 through ((388-71-0580)) 388-71-05909;

     (2) For in-home clients, home care agencies, which must be licensed under chapters 70.127 RCW and 246-336 WAC, or home health agencies, licensed under chapters 70.127 RCW and 246-327 WAC;

     (3) For residential clients, licensed adult family home and boarding home providers who are contracted with DSHS (see WAC 388-71-0600); and

     (4) As applicable, service providers who have contracted with the AAA to perform other waiver services under COPES, Medically Needy In-home, or Medically Needy Residential Waiver services listed in WAC 388-71-0415.

[Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0425, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: 1999 c 175, chapters 70.126, 70.127 RCW, RCW 74.08.044. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0425, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) Have unmet need for substantial assistance with at least one direct personal care task listed in WAC 388-71-0202; or have unmet needs for minimal assistance with three direct personal care tasks; and

     (2) Be certified as Title 19 noninstitutional categorically needy, as defined in WAC 388-500-0005.

     (3) Be assessed by department staff or designee using a department approved comprehensive assessment and have a determination of unmet needs for HCP services.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.04.200, 74.09.520, 74.39.020, 74.39A.090, 2003 1st sp.s. c 25, 2003 c 140. 03-24-001, § 388-71-0440, filed 11/19/03, effective 12/20/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, and 74.39A.090. 02-23-063, § 388-71-0440, filed 11/18/02, effective 12/19/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.09.520. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0440, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) COPES waiver services, the department will create a waiting list in accordance with caseload limits determined by legislative funding. Wait listed clients will gain access in the following manner:

     (a) Nursing home residents wanting COPES waiver services will be ranked first on the wait list by date of application for services; and

     (b) After nursing home residents are ranked, clients living in the community with a higher level of need as determined by the department's comprehensive assessment will be ranked higher on the wait list over clients with a lower level of need; and

     (c) As between two or more clients in the community with equal need levels, clients with earlier applications for services will have priority over later applications for services.

     (2) MPC, there is no waiting list. Note: Instead of waiting lists, the department may be required to revise HCP rules to reduce caseload size, hours, rates, or payments in order to stay within the legislative appropriation.

     (3) For Medically Needy Residential Waiver or Medically Needy In-home Waiver, the department will create ((a)) waiting ((list)) lists for each waiver in accordance with caseload limits determined by legislative funding. Wait listed clients will gain access in the following manner:

     (a) Nursing home residents wanting MN waiver services will be ranked first on the wait list by date of application for services; and

     (b) After nursing home residents are ranked, clients living in the community with a higher level of need as determined by the department's comprehensive assessment will be ranked higher on the wait list over clients with lower level of need; and

     (c) As between two or more clients in the community with equal need levels, clients with earlier applications for services will have priority over later applications for services.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39.041 and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 § 206(9). 04-01-090, § 388-71-0465, filed 12/16/03, effective 1/16/04. Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0465, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39.010, 74.39A.120. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0465, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) COPES in-home or residential,

     (a) You participate income per rules in WAC 388-515-1505;

     (b) If you have nonexempt income that exceeds the cost of COPES services, you may retain the difference.

     (2) MPC in-home services, you do not participate toward the cost of your personal care services.

     (3) MPC services in a residential setting and you are:

     (a) An SSI beneficiary who receives only SSI income, you only pay for board and room. You are allowed to keep a personal needs allowance of at least thirty-eight dollars and eighty-four cents per month.

     (b) An SSI beneficiary who receives SSI and SSA benefits, you only pay for board and room. You are allowed to keep a personal needs allowance of at least fifty-eight dollars and eighty-four cents per month.

     (c) An SSI-related person per WAC 388-511-1105, you may be required to participate towards the cost of your personal care services in addition to your board and room if your financial eligibility is based on the facility's state contracted rate. You will receive a personal allowance of fifty-eight dollars and eighty-four cents.

     (d) A GA-X client in a residential care facility, you are allowed to keep a personal allowance of thirty-eight dollars and eighty-four cents only per month. The remainder of your grant must be paid to the facility.

     (4) Medically needy ((Residential)) waiver services, the amount you pay is determined ((in WAC 388-515-1540)):

     (a) For Medically Needy Residential Waiver (MNRW), in WAC 388-515-1540;

     (b) For Medically Needy In-home Waiver (MNIW), in WAC 388-515-1550.

     (5) Chore services, you may retain an amount equal to one hundred percent of the federal poverty level, adjusted for family size, as the home maintenance allowance and pay the difference between the FPL and your nonexempt income. Exempt income includes:

     (a) Income listed in WAC 388-513-1340;

     (b) Spousal income allocated and actually paid as participation in the cost of the spouse's community options program entry system (COPES) services;

     (c) Amounts paid for medical expenses not subject to third party payment;

     (d) Health insurance premiums, coinsurance or deductible charges; and

     (e) If applicable, those work expense deductions listed as WAC 388-71-480(2).

[Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0470, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.09.520, 74.09.530, 74.39A.110, [74.39A.]120, [74.39A.]130, and 1998 c 346 § 205 (1)(c), and RCW 74.39A.030. 00-18-099, § 388-71-0470, filed 9/5/00, effective 10/6/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.120, 74.39.010, 74.39.020. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0470, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) If you remain Medicaid eligible under the noninstitutional categorically needy program, you are financially eligible for MPC services.

     (2) If you are receiving Medically Needy Residential Waiver services in a residential setting, you may have earned income allowances per WAC 388-515-1540.

     (3) If you are receiving Medically Needy In-home Waiver services, you may have earned income allowances per WAC 388-515-1550.

     (4) If you are receiving COPES waiver services, you may have earned income allowances per WAC 388-515-1505.

     (5) If you are not Medicaid eligible due to your earned income and resources, and are receiving chore personal care services.

     (a) You may be required to pay participation per WAC 388-71-0470(4) for any earned income above one hundred percent of the federal poverty level.

     (b) The department will exempt fifty percent of your earned income after work expense deductions. Work expense deductions are:

     (i) Personal work expenses in the form of self-employment taxes (FICA); and income taxes when paid;

     (ii) Payroll deductions required by law or as a condition of employment in the amounts actually withheld;

     (iii) The necessary cost of transportation to and from the place of employment by the most economical means, except rental cars;

     (iv) Expenses necessary for continued employment such as tools, materials, union dues, transportation to service customers is not furnished by the employer; and

     (v) Uniforms needed on the job and not suitable for wear away from the job.

[Statutory Authority: 2001 c 269, RCW 74.09.700, 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.09.575 and chapter 74.39 RCW. 03-13-052, § 388-71-0480, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.09.520, 74.09.530, 74.39A.110, [74.39A.]120, [74.39A.]130, and 1998 c 346 § 205 (1)(c), and RCW 74.39A.030. 00-18-099, § 388-71-0480, filed 9/5/00, effective 10/6/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.140, 74.39A.150. 00-04-056, § 388-71-0480, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

     (1) Be eighteen years of age or older;

     (2) Provide the social worker/case manager/designee with:

     (a) Picture identification; and

     (b) A Social Security card; or

     (c) Authorization to work in the United States.

     (3) Complete and submit to the social worker/case manager/designee the department's criminal conviction background inquiry application, unless the provider is also the parent of the adult DDD client and exempted, per chapter 74.15 RCW;

     (a) Preliminary results may require a thumb print for identification purposes;

     (b) An FBI fingerprint-based background check is required if the person has lived in the state of Washington less than three years.

     (4) Sign a home and community-based service provider contract/agreement to provide services to a COPES, MNIW, or Medicaid personal care client.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 43.20A.050, 43.43.842, 74.39A.090, 43.20A.710, 74.39.050, 43.43.830, 74.39.095. 01-11-019, § 388-71-0510, filed 5/4/01, effective 6/4/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 43.20A.050, 43.43.842, 74.39A.090, 43.20A.710, 74.39.050, 43.43.830. 00-03-043, § 388-71-0510, filed 1/13/00, effective 2/13/00.]

     "Competency" means the minimum level of information and skill trainees are required to know and be able to demonstrate.

     "DSHS" refers to the department of social and health services.

     "Learning outcomes" means the specific information, skills and behaviors desired of the learner as a result of a specific unit of instruction, such as what they would learn by the end of a single class or an entire course. Learning outcomes are generally identified with a specific lesson plan or curriculum.

     "Routine interaction" means contact with clients that happens regularly.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.050, 2003 c 140, chapters 18.79, 18.88A RCW. 04-02-001, amended and recodified as § 388-71-05665, filed 12/24/03, effective 1/24/04. Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.39A RCW and 2000 c 121. 02-10-117, § 388-71-05910, filed 4/30/02, effective 5/31/02.]

     (2) You are eligible for nursing facility care if the department:

     (a) Assesses you and determines that you meet the functional criteria for nursing facility level of care as defined in WAC ((388-71-0435(4))) 388-72A-0055(4); and

     (b) Determines that you meet the eligibility requirements set through WAC 388-513-1315.

     (3) If you are Medicaid eligible and the nursing facility admits you without a request for assessment from the department, the nursing facility will not:

     (a) Be reimbursed by the department; or

     (b) Allowed to collect payment, including a deposit or minimum stay fee, from you or your family/representative for any care provided before the date of request for assessment.

     (4) If you are eligible for Medicaid-funding nursing facility care, the department pays for your services beginning on the date:

     (a) Of the request for a department assessment; or

     (b) Nursing facility care actually begins, whichever is later.

     (5) If you become financially eligible for Medicaid after you have been admitted, the department pays for your nursing facility care beginning on the date of:

     (a) Request for assessment or financial application, whichever is earlier; or

     (b) Nursing facility placement; or

     (c) When you are determined financially eligible, whichever is later.

     (d) Exception: Payment back to the request date is limited to three months prior to the month that the financial application is received.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.040, 74.42.056. 00-22-018, § 388-71-0700, filed 10/20/00, effective 10/31/00.]

     (a) Personal care services;

     (b) Routine health monitoring with consultation from a registered nurse;

     (c) General therapeutic activities; or

     (d) Supervision and/or protection for clients who require supervision or protection for their safety.

     (2) COPES or MNIW clients are not eligible for adult day care if they:

     (a) Can independently perform or obtain the services provided at an adult day care center;

     (b) Have unmet needs that can be met through the COPES program more cost effectively without authorizing day care services;

     (c) Have referred care needs that:

     (i) Exceed the scope of authorized services that the adult day care center is able to provide;

     (ii) Can be met in a less structured care setting; or

     (iii) Are being met by paid or unpaid caregivers.

     (d) Live in a nursing home, boarding home, adult family home, or other licensed institutional or residential facility; or

     (e) Are not capable of participating safely in a group care setting.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.04.200, 74.08.090, 74.09.520, and 74.39A.030. 03-06-024, § 388-71-0708, filed 2/24/03, effective 7/1/03.]

     (1) Be assessed by a CNC as requiring care in a hospital or meeting nursing facility level of care, as defined in WAC ((388-71-0435(4))) 388-72A-0055(4).

     (2) Have a complex medical need that requires four or more hours of continuous skilled nursing care which can be safely provided outside a hospital or nursing facility; and

     (3) Are technology-dependent daily, which means you require at least one of the following:

     (a) A mechanical ventilator or other respiratory support at least part of each day;

     (b) Tracheostomy tube care/suctioning;

     (c) Intravenous/parenteral administration of medications; and

     (d) Intravenous administration of nutritional substances.

     (4) Require services that are medically necessary.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 42 CFR 440.80. 01-11-018, § 388-71-0915, filed 5/4/01, effective 6/4/01.]

     Reviser's note: The spelling error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-11-018, filed 5/4/01, effective 6/4/01)

WAC 388-71-0960   Can I receive services in addition to PDN?   In addition to PDN services, you may be eligible to receive personal care and other household services through COPES, MNIW, or Medicaid personal care (MPC), from a contracted home care agency or contracted individual provider (IP), for unmet personal care needs not performed by your family/informal support system.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 42 CFR 440.80. 01-11-018, § 388-71-0960, filed 5/4/01, effective 6/4/01.]

     (1) Eighteen years of age or older;

     (2) Living at home unless you are moving from a residential facility to home and need assistance moving;

     (3) Unable to perform certain household or personal care tasks due to functional or cognitive impairment;

     (4) Financially unable to purchase services from a private provider;

     (5) Not receiving services under COPES, MNIW, MPC, or chore personal care because you:

     (a) Do not meet the eligibility requirements; or

     (b) Decline these services.

     (6) In need of assistance from volunteer chore in addition to or in substitution of paid services under COPES, MNIW, MPC, or chore personal care.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.030, 74.39A.100. 00-04-056, § 388-71-1105, filed 1/28/00, effective 2/28/00.]

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     (1) You are age:

     (a) Eighteen or older and blind or disabled, as defined in WAC 388-511-1105; or

     (b) Sixty-five or older.

     (2) You meet financial eligibility requirements. This means the department will assess your finances and determine if your income and resources fall within the limits set in WAC 388-515-1540.

     (3) You are not eligible for Medicaid personal care services (MPC) or COPES.

     (4) Your comprehensive assessment shows you need the level of care provided in a nursing facility (or will likely need the level of care within thirty days unless MNRW services are provided) which means one of the following applies:

     (a) You require care provided by or under the supervision of a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse on a daily basis;

     (b) You have an unmet or partially met need or the activity did not occur (because you were unable or no provider was available) with at least three or more of the following:

     (i) Setup in eating (e.g., cutting meat and opening containers at meals; giving one food category at a time);

     (ii) Supervision in toileting;

     (iii) Supervision in bathing;

     (iv) Supervision plus setup in transfer;

     (v) Supervision plus setup in bed mobility;

     (vi) Supervision plus set up help in one of the following three tasks:

     (A) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (B) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (C) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (vii) Assistance required in medication management; or

     (c) You have an unmet or partially met need with at least two or more of the following:

     (i) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in toileting;

     (ii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in one of the following three tasks:

     (A) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (B) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (C) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (iii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in transfer;

     (iv) Limited assistance plus one person physical assistance in bed mobility and need turning/repositioning;

     (v) Physical help limited to transfer plus one person physical assist in bathing;

     (vi) Supervision plus one person physical assist in eating; or

     (vii) Daily assistance required in medication management; or

     (d) You have a cognitive impairment and require supervision due to one or more of the following: Disorientation, memory impairment, impaired decision making, or wandering and have an unmet or partially met need with at least one or more of the following:

     (i) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in toileting;

     (ii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in one of the following three tasks:

     (A) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (B) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (C) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (iii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in transfer;

     (iv) Limited assistance plus one person physical assistance in bed mobility;

     (v) Physical help limited to transfer plus one person physical assist in bathing;

     (vi) Supervision plus one person physical assist in eating; or

     (vii) Daily assistance required in medication management.

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     (1) You are age:

     (a) Eighteen or older and blind or disabled, as defined in WAC 388-511-1105; or

     (b) Sixty-five or older.

     (2) You meet financial eligibility requirements. This means the department will assess your finances and determine if your income and resources fall within the limits set in WAC 388-515-1505;

     (3) You are not eligible for Medicaid personal care services (MPC) or COPES;

     (4) Your comprehensive assessment shows you need the level of care provided in a nursing facility (or will likely need the level of care within thirty days unless MNIW services are provided) which means one of the following applies:

     (a) You require care provided by or under the supervision of a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse on a daily basis; or

     (b) You have an unmet or partially met need or the activity did not occur (because you were unable or no provider was available) with at least three or more of the following:

     (i) Setup in eating (e.g., cutting meat and opening containers at meals; giving one food category at a time);

     (ii) Supervision in toileting;

     (iii) Supervision in bathing;

     (iv) Supervision plus setup in transfer;

     (v) Supervision plus setup in bed mobility;

     (vi) Supervision plus set up help in one of the following three tasks:

     (A) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (B) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (C) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (vii) Assistance required in medication management; or

     (c) You have an unmet or partially met need with at least two or more of the following:

     (i) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in toileting;

     (ii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in one of the following three tasks:

     (A) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (B) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (C) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (iii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in transfer;

     (iv) Limited assistance plus one person physical assistance in bed mobility and need turning/repositioning;

     (v) Physical help limited to transfer plus one person physical assist in bathing;

     (vi) Supervision plus one person physical assist in eating; or

     (vii) Daily assistance required in medication management; or

     (d) You have a cognitive impairment and require supervision due to one or more of the following: Disorientation, memory impairment, impaired decision making, or wandering and have an unmet or partially met need with at least one or more of the following:

     (i) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in toileting;

     (ii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in one of the following three tasks:

     (A) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (B) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (C) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (iii) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in transfer;

     (iv) Limited assistance plus one person physical assistance in bed mobility;

     (v) Physical help limited to transfer plus one person physical assist in bathing;

     (vi) Supervision plus one person physical assist in eating; or

     (vii) Daily assistance required in medication management.

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     (1) Are certified as Title XIX noninstitutional categorically needy, as defined in WAC 388-500-0005.

     (2) Have an unmet or partially met need or the activity did not occur (because you were unable or no provider was available) in at least three or more of the following((, as defined in WAC 388-72A-0040)):

     (a) Help/oversight one or two times during the last seven days plus setup in eating;

     (b) Supervision in toileting;

     (c) Supervision in bathing;

     (d) Supervision in dressing;

     (e) Supervision plus setup in transfer;

     (f) Supervision plus setup in bed mobility;

     (g) Supervision plus set up help in one of the following three tasks:

     (i) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (ii) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (iii) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (h) Assistance required in medication management;

     (i) Supervision in personal hygiene;

     (j) Assistance with body care, which means you need:

     (i) Application of ointment or lotions;

     (ii) Your toenails trimmed;

     (iii) Dry bandage changes; or

     (iv) Passive range of motion treatment.

     (3) You have an unmet or partially met need or the activity did not occur (because you were unable or no provider was available) with at least one or more of the following((, as defined in WAC 388-72A-0040)):

     (a) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in toileting;

     (b) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in one of the following three tasks:

     (i) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (ii) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (iii) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (c) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in transfer;

     (d) Limited assistance plus one person physical assistance in bed mobility and need turning/repositioning;

     (e) Physical help limited to transfer plus one person physical assist in bathing;

     (f) Supervision plus one person physical assist in eating; or

     (g) Daily assistance required in medication management; or

     (h) Assistance with body care, which means you need:

     (i) Application of ointment or lotions;

     (ii) Your toenails trimmed;

     (iii) Dry bandage changes; or

     (iv) Passive range of motion treatment.

     (i) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in dressing.

     (j) Extensive assistance plus one person physical assistance in personal hygiene.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.04.200, 74.09.520, 74.39.020, 74.39A.090, 2003 1st sp.s. c 25, 2003 c 140. 03-24-001, § 388-72A-0060, filed 11/19/03, effective 12/20/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.090. 03-05-097, § 388-72A-0060, filed 2/19/03, effective 3/22/03.]

     (1) Be eighteen years of age or older;

     (2) Have an unmet or partially met need or the activity did not occur (because you were unable or no provider was available) in at least one or more of the following((, as defined in WAC 388-72A-0040)):

     (a) Help/oversight one or two times during the last seven days plus setup in eating;

     (b) Supervision in toileting;

     (c) Supervision in bathing;

     (d) Supervision in dressing;

     (e) Supervision plus setup in transfer;

     (f) Supervision plus setup in bed mobility;

     (g) Supervision plus set up help in one of the following three tasks:

     (i) Walk in room, hallway and rest of immediate living environment;

     (ii) Locomotion in room and immediate living environment;

     (iii) Locomotion outside of immediate living environment including outdoors.

     (h) Assistance required in medication management;

     (i) Supervision in personal hygiene;

     (j) Assistance with body care, which means you need:

     (i) Application of ointment or lotions;

     (ii) Your toenails trimmed;

     (iii) Dry bandage changes; or

     (iv) Passive range of motion treatment.

     (3) Currently ((be)) have been continuously on the Chore program since August 2001 and not be eligible for MPC ((or)), COPES, MNIW, or Medicare home health or other programs if these programs can meet your needs;

     (4) Have net household income (as described in WAC 388-450-0005, 388-450-0020, 388-450-0040, and 388-511-1130) not exceeding:

     (a) The sum of the cost of your chore services; and

     (b) One-hundred percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) adjusted for family size.

     (5) Have resources, as described in chapter 388-470 WAC, which does not exceed ten thousand dollars for a one-person family or fifteen thousand dollars for a two-person family. (Note: One thousand dollars for each additional family member may be added to these limits.)

     (6) Not transfer assets on or after November 1, 1995 for less than fair market value as described in WAC 388-513-1365.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.090. 03-05-097, § 388-72A-0065, filed 2/19/03, effective 3/22/03.]

     (1) Environmental modifications;

     (2) Personal response system (PERS);

     (3) Skilled nursing;

     (4) Specialized medical equipment;

     (5) Training; ((or))

     (6) Transportation services; or

     (7) In-home nurse delegation.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.090. 03-05-097, § 388-72A-0100, filed 2/19/03, effective 3/22/03.]

     (1) To be eligible for MNIW, a client must:

     (a) Not meet financial eligibility for Medicaid personal care or the COPES program;

     (b) Be eighteen years of age or older;

     (c) Meet the SSI-related criteria described in WAC 388-475-0050(1);

     (d) Require the level of care provided in a nursing facility as described in WAC 388-71-0700;

     (e) In the absence of waiver services described in WAC 388-71-0410 and 388-71-0415, continue to reside in a medical facility as defined in WAC 388-513-1301, or will likely be placed in one within the next thirty days;

     (f) Have attained institutional status as described in WAC 388-513-1320;

     (g) Have been determined to be in need of waiver services as described in WAC 388-71-0442;

     (h) Be able to live at home with community support services and choose to remain at home;

     (i) Not be subject to a penalty period of ineligibility for the transfer of an asset as described in WAC 388-513-1364, 388-513-1365 and 388-513-1366; and

     (j) Meet the resource and income requirements described in subsections (2) through (6) of this section.

     (2) The department determines a client's nonexcluded resources under MNIW as described in WAC 388-513-1350 (1) through (4)(a) and 388-513-1360;

     (3) Nonexcluded resources, after disregarding excess resources described in subsection (4) of this section, must be at or below the resource standard described in WAC 388-513-1350 (1) and (2).

     (4) In determining a client's resource eligibility, the department disregards excess resources above the standard described in subsection (3) of this section:

     (a) In an amount equal to incurred medical expenses such as:

     (i) Premiums, deductibles, and co-insurance/co-payment charges for health insurance and Medicare premiums;

     (ii) Necessary medical care recognized under state law, but not covered under the state's Medicaid plan; or

     (iii) Necessary medical care covered under the state's Medicaid plan.

     (b) As long as the incurred medical expenses:

     (i) Are not subject to third-party payment or reimbursement;

     (ii) Have not been used to satisfy a previous spenddown liability;

     (iii) Have not previously been used to reduce excess resources;

     (iv) Have not been used to reduce client responsibility toward cost of care; and

     (v) Are amounts for which the client remains liable.

     (5) The department determines a client's countable income under MNIW in the following way:

     (a) Considers income available described in WAC 388-513-1325 and 388-513-1330 (1), (2), and (3);

     (b) Excludes income described in WAC 388-513-1340;

     (c) Disregards income described in WAC 388-513-1345;

     (d) Deducts monthly health insurance premiums, except Medicare premiums, not used to reduce excess resources in subsection (4) of this section;

     (e) Allows an income deduction for a nonapplying spouse, equal to the one person medically needy income level (MNIL) less the nonapplying spouse's income, if the nonapplying spouse is living in the same home as the applying person.

     (6) A client whose countable income exceeds the MNIL may become eligible for MNIW:

     (a) When they have or expect to have medical expenses to offset their income which is over the MNIL; and

     (b) Subject to availability in WAC 388-71-0465.

     (7) The portion of a client's countable income over the MNIL is called "excess income."

     (8) A client who has or will have "excess income" is not eligible for MNIW until the client has medical expenses which are equal in amount to that excess income. This is the process of meeting "spenddown." The excess income from each of the months in the base period is added together to determine the total "spenddown" amount.

     (9) The following medical expenses may be used to meet spenddown if not already used in subsection (4) of this section to disregard excess resources or to reduce countable income as described in subsection (5)(d) of this section:

     (a) An amount equal to incurred medical expenses such as:

     (i) Premiums, deductibles, and co-insurance/co-payment charges for health insurance and Medicare premiums;

     (ii) Necessary medical care recognized under state law, but not covered under the state's Medicaid plan; and

     (iii) Necessary medical care covered under the state's Medicaid plan.

     (b) The cost of waiver services authorized during the base period.

     (c) As long as the incurred medical expenses:

     (i) Are not subject to third-party payment or reimbursement;

     (ii) Have not been used to satisfy a previous spenddown liability;

     (iii) Have not been used to reduce client responsibility toward cost of care; and

     (iv) Are amounts for which the client remains liable.

     (10) Eligibility for MNIW is effective the first full month the client has met spenddown.

     (11) In cases where spenddown has been met, medical coverage and MNIW begin the day services are authorized.

     (12) A client who meets the requirements for MNIW chooses a three or six month base period. The months must be consecutive calendar months.

     (13) The client's income that remains after determining available income in WAC 388-513-1325 and 388-513-1330 (1), (2), (3) and excluded income in WAC 388-513-1340 is paid towards the cost of care after deducting the following amounts in the order listed:

     (a) An earned income deduction of the first sixty-five dollars plus one-half of the remaining earned income;

     (b) Personal needs allowance (PNA) in an amount equal to the one-person MNIL described in WAC 388-478-0070 (1)(a);

     (c) Medicare and health insurance premiums not used to meet spenddown or reduce excess resources;

     (d) Incurred medical expenses described in subsection (4) of this section not used to meet spenddown or reduce excess resources.

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