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71A.10.030 | Civil and parental rights not affected. | (1) The existence of developmental disabilities does not affect the civil rights of the person with the developmental disability except as otherwise provided by law. (2) The secretary's determination under RCW 71A.16.040 that a person is eligible for services under this title shall not deprive the person of any civil r... |
71A.10.040 | Protection from discrimination. | Persons are protected from discrimination because of a developmental disability as well as other mental or physical disabilities by the law against discrimination, chapter 49.60 RCW, by other state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations, and by local ordinances, when the persons have a qualifying disability under... |
71A.10.050 | Appeal of department actions—Right to. | (1) An applicant or recipient or former recipient of a developmental disabilities service under this title from the department of social and health services has the right to appeal the following department actions: (a) A denial of an application for eligibility under RCW 71A.16.040 ; (b) An unreasonable delay in acting... |
71A.10.060 | Notice by secretary. | (1) Whenever this title requires the secretary to give notice, the secretary shall give notice to the person with a developmental disability and, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, to at least one other person. The other person shall be the first person known to the secretary in the following order o... |
71A.10.070 | Secretary's duty to consult. | (1) Whenever this title places on the secretary the duty to consult, the secretary shall carry out that duty by consulting with the person with a developmental disability and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, with at least one other person. The other person shall be in order of priority: (a) A lega... |
71A.10.080 | Governor to designate an agency to implement a program for protection and advocacy of the rights of persons with developmental disabilities and mentally ill persons—Authority of designated agency—Liaison with state agencies. | (1) The governor shall designate an agency to implement a program for the protection and advocacy of the rights of persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to the developmentally disabled assistance and bill of rights act, 89 Stat. 486; 42 U.S.C. Secs. 6000-6083 (1975), (as amended). The designated agency shall... |
71A.10.090 | Prioritization and transition to minimum wage employment or other services. | (1) To the extent consistent with federal law and federal funding requirements, the department must prioritize individuals, utilizing the expiration dates of the special certificates, for the provision of individual technical assistance to an individual, prior to the expiration date of the individual's special certific... |
71A.10.100 | No-paid services caseload—Case resource management services. | (1) The department shall hire two permanent, full-time employees to regularly review and maintain the no-paid services caseload. This includes, but is not limited to, updating the no-paid services caseload to accurately reflect a current head count of eligible individuals and identifying the number of individuals conta... |
71A.10.110 | Open home and community-based services waivers—Enrollment—Prioritization—Rules. | (1) When enrolling eligible clients in open home and community-based services waiver slots and for the purposes of determining access to specific waiver services, to the extent consistent with federal law and federal funding requirements, the administration shall prioritize clients in the following populations: (a) Per... |
71A.10.800 | Application of Title71ARCW to matters pending as of June 9, 1988. | Except as provided in RCW 71A.10.901 , this title shall govern: (1) The continued provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities who are receiving services on June 9, 1988. (2) The disposition of hearings, lawsuits, or appeals that are pending on June 9, 1988. (3) All other questions or matters covere... |
71A.10.901 | Saving—1988 c 176. | The repeals made by sections 1005 through 1007, chapter 176, Laws of 1988, shall not be construed as affecting any existing right, status, or eligibility for services acquired under the provisions of the statutes repealed, nor as affecting the validity of any rule or order promulgated under the prior statutes, nor as a... |
71A.10.902 | Continuation of existing law—1988 c 176. | Insofar as provisions of this title are substantially the same as provisions of the statutes repealed by sections 1005, 1006, and 1007, chapter 176, Laws of 1988, the provisions of this title shall be construed as restatements and continuations of the prior law, and not as new enactments.
[ 1988 c 176 s 1001 .] |
71A.12.010 | State and local program—Coordination—Continuum. | It is declared to be the policy of the state to authorize the secretary to develop and coordinate state services for persons with developmental disabilities; to encourage research and staff training for state and local personnel working with persons with developmental disabilities; and to cooperate with communities to ... |
71A.12.020 | Objectives of program. | (1) To the extent that state, federal, or other funds designated for services to persons with developmental disabilities are available, the secretary shall provide every eligible person with habilitative services suited to the person's needs, regardless of age or degree of developmental disability. (2) The secretary sh... |
71A.12.025 | Persons with developmental disabilities who commit crimes—Findings. | The legislature finds that among those persons who endanger the safety of others by committing crimes are a small number of persons with developmental disabilities. While their conduct is not typical of the vast majority of persons with developmental disabilities who are responsible citizens, for their own welfare and ... |
71A.12.030 | General authority of secretary—Rule adoption. | The secretary is authorized to provide, or arrange with others to provide, all services and facilities that are necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this title, and to take all actions that are necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this title. The secretary shall adopt rules under the... |
71A.12.040 | Authorized services. | Services that the secretary may provide or arrange with others to provide under this title include, but are not limited to: (1) Architectural services; (2) Case management services; (3) Early childhood intervention; (4) Employment services; (5) Family counseling; (6) Family support; (7) Information and referral; (8) He... |
71A.12.050 | Payments for nonresidential services. | The secretary may make payments for nonresidential services which exceed the cost of caring for an average individual at home, and which are reasonably necessary for the care, treatment, maintenance, support, and training of persons with developmental disabilities, upon application pursuant to RCW 71A.18.050 . The secr... |
71A.12.060 | Payment authorized for residents in community residential programs. | The secretary is authorized to pay for all or a portion of the costs of care, support, and training of residents of a residential habilitation center who are placed in community residential programs under this section and RCW 71A.12.070 and 71A.12.080 .
[ 1988 c 176 s 206 .] |
71A.12.070 | Payments under RCW71A.12.060supplemental to payments from other resources—Direct payments. | All payments made by the secretary under RCW 71A.12.060 shall, insofar as reasonably possible, be supplementary to payments to be made for the costs of care, support, and training in a community residential program by the estate of such resident of the residential habilitation center, or from any resource which such re... |
71A.12.080 | Rules. | (1) The secretary shall adopt rules concerning the eligibility of residents of residential habilitation centers for placement in community residential programs under this title; determination of ability of such persons or their estates to pay all or a portion of the cost of care, support, and training; the manner and m... |
71A.12.090 | Eligibility of parent for services. | If a person with developmental disabilities is the parent of a child who is about to be placed for adoption or foster care by the secretary, the parent shall be eligible to receive services in order to promote the integrity of the family unit.
[ 1988 c 176 s 209 .] |
71A.12.100 | Other services. | Consistent with the general powers of the secretary and whether or not a particular person with a developmental disability is involved, the secretary may: (1) Provide information to the public on developmental disabilities and available services; (2) Engage in research concerning developmental disabilities and the habi... |
71A.12.110 | Authority to contract for services. | (1) The secretary may enter into agreements with any person, corporation, or governmental entity to pay the contracting party to perform services that the secretary is authorized to provide under this title, except for operation of residential habilitation centers under chapter 71A.20 RCW. (2) The secretary by contract... |
71A.12.120 | Authority to participate in federal programs. | (1) The governor may take whatever action is necessary to enable the state to participate in the manner set forth in this title in any programs provided by any federal law and to designate state agencies authorized to administer within this state the several federal acts providing federal moneys to assist in providing ... |
71A.12.130 | Gifts—Acceptance, use, record. | The secretary may receive and accept from any person, organization, or estate gifts of money or personal property on behalf of a residential habilitation center, or the residents therein, or on behalf of the entire program for persons with developmental disabilities, or any part of the program, and to use the gifts for... |
71A.12.140 | Duties of state agencies generally. | Each state agency that administers federal or state funds for services to persons with developmental disabilities, or for research or staff training in the field of developmental disabilities, shall: (1) Investigate and determine the nature and extent of services within its legal authority that are presently available ... |
71A.12.150 | Contracts with United States and other states for developmental disability services. | The secretary shall have the authority, in the name of the state, to enter into contracts with any duly authorized representative of the United States of America, or its territories, or other states for the provision of services under this title at the expense of the United States, its territories, or other states. The... |
71A.12.161 | Individual and family services program—Rules. | (1) The individual and family services program for individuals eligible to receive services under this title is established. This program replaces family support opportunities, traditional family support, and the flexible family support pilot program. The department shall transfer funding associated with these existing... |
71A.12.200 | Community protection program—Legislative approval. | The department of social and health services is providing a structured, therapeutic environment for persons who are eligible for placement in the community protection program in order for them to live safely and successfully in the community while minimizing the risk to public safety. The legislature approves of steps ... |
71A.12.210 | Community protection program—Application. | RCW 71A.12.220 through 71A.12.280 apply to a person: (1)(a) Who has been charged with or convicted of a crime and meets the following criteria: (i) Has been convicted of one of the following: (A) A crime of sexual violence as defined in chapter 9A.44 or 71.09 RCW including, but not limited to, rape, rape of a child, an... |
71A.12.220 | Community protection program—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Assessment" means the written opinion of a qualified professional stating, at a minimum: (a) Whether a person meets the criteria established in RCW 71A.12.210 ; (b) What restrictions are necessary. (2) "Cer... |
71A.12.230 | Community protection program—Risk assessment—Written notification—Written determination. | (1) Prior to receiving services through the community protection program, a person must first receive an assessment of risk and/or dangerousness by a qualified professional. The assessment must be consistent with the guidelines for risk assessments and psychosexual evaluations developed by the department. The person re... |
71A.12.240 | Community protection program—Appeals—Rules—Notice. | (1) Individuals receiving services through the department's community protection waiver retain all appeal rights provided for in RCW 71A.10.050 . In addition, such individuals have a right to an administrative hearing pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW to appeal the following decisions by the department: (a) Termination of ... |
71A.12.250 | Community protection program—Services—Reviews—Rules. | (1) Community protection program participants shall have appropriate opportunities to receive services in the least restrictive manner and in the least restrictive environments possible. (2) There must be a review by the treatment team every ninety days to assess each participant's progress, evaluate use of less restri... |
71A.12.260 | Community protection program—Less restrictive residential placement. | A participant who demonstrates success in complying with reduced restrictions and remains free of offenses that may indicate a relapse for at least twelve months, may be considered for placement in a less restrictive community residential setting. The process to move a participant to a less restrictive residential plac... |
71A.12.280 | Community protection program—Rules, guidelines, and policy manuals. | The department shall develop and maintain rules, guidelines, or policy manuals, as appropriate, for implementing and maintaining the community protection program under this chapter.
[ 2006 c 303 s 9 .] |
71A.12.290 | Transition from employment services to community access program. | (1) Clients age 21 and older who are receiving employment services must be offered the choice to transition to a community access program after nine months of enrollment in an employment program, and the option to transition from a community access program to an employment program at any time. Enrollment in an employme... |
71A.12.300 | Enforcement standards—Certified residential services and support providers—Department authority—Dispute resolution process—Account. | (1) The enforcement standards in this section apply to all certified residential services and support providers. (2) The department is authorized to take one or more of the enforcement actions listed in subsection (3) of this section when the department finds that a provider of residential services and support with who... |
71A.12.310 | Annual assessment—Case manager duties. | At every developmental disabilities administration annual assessment, the case manager is required to meet with the client in an in-person setting. If the client is receiving personal care services or supported living services, the case manager must ask permission to view the client's living quarters and note his or he... |
71A.12.320 | Risk of abuse and neglect—Process—Home visits. | (1) Within funds appropriated for this purpose, the developmental disabilities administration shall increase home visits for clients identified as having the highest risk of abuse and neglect. (2)(a) The developmental disabilities administration must develop a process to determine which of its clients who receive an an... |
71A.12.330 | Residential services and supports program—Certification fee for complaint investigations—Intent. | The legislature finds that the residential services and supports program administered by the department of social and health services under RCW 71A.12.040 and chapter 388-101 WAC has experienced significant growth and that additional funds are needed to enable the department to aggressively investigate and resolve comp... |
71A.12.340 | Residential services and supports program—Certification fee for complaint investigations—Requirements. | (1) After initial certification, the certified provider must pay an annual certification fee in accordance with procedures adopted by the department. The annual certification fee must be established in the omnibus appropriations act and any amendment or additions made to that act. The certification fee established by t... |
71A.12.350 | Residential services and supports program—Certification fee for complaint investigations—Department duties. | (1) The department shall use the funds made available under RCW 71A.12.340 to conduct complaint investigations in certified residential services and supports programs. (2) For the purposes of this section, "complaint investigations" include investigations of (a) complaints about provider practice, and (b) allegations t... |
71A.12.360 | Duty to track, monitor, and make available certain deidentified information about clients taken or admitted to a hospital—Notification by provider required. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services shall track and monitor the following items and make the deidentified information available to the office of the developmental disabilities omb... |
71A.12.370 | Medicaid waiver—Eligibility—Transfer. | (1) Services provided through a medicaid waiver administered by the department, to the extent consistent with federal law and federal funding requirements, shall be provided to eligible individuals who meet the following criteria on or after July 23, 2023: (a)(i) Are subject to a dependency; (ii) Are receiving extended... |
71A.12.380 | Medicaid waiver—Eligibility modification—Dependent children and youth with developmental disabilities. | (1) No later than January 1, 2024, the department shall submit to the federal government a request for approval to modify eligibility requirements for the services provided through a medicaid waiver administered by the department to include eligible individuals as specified in RCW 71A.12.370 . To the extent consistent ... |
71A.14.010 | Coordinated and comprehensive state and local program. | The legislative policy to provide a coordinated and comprehensive state and local program of services for persons with developmental disability is expressed in RCW 71A.12.010 .
[ 1988 c 176 s 301 .] |
71A.14.020 | County developmental disability boards—Composition—Expenses. | (1) The county governing authority of any county may appoint a developmental disability board to plan services for persons with developmental disabilities, to provide directly or indirectly a continuum of care and services to persons with developmental disabilities within the county or counties served by the community ... |
71A.14.030 | County authorities—State fund eligibility—Rules—Application. | Pursuant to RCW 71A.14.040 the secretary shall work with the county governing authorities and developmental disability boards who apply for state funds to coordinate and provide local services for persons with developmental disabilities and their families. The secretary is authorized to promulgate rules establishing th... |
71A.14.040 | Applications for state funds—Review—Approval—Rules. | The secretary shall review the applications from the county governing authority made under RCW 71A.14.030 . The secretary may approve an application if it meets the requirements of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the secretary. The secretary shall promulgate rules to assist in determining the amount of the gr... |
71A.14.050 | Services to community may be required. | The department may require by rule that in order to be eligible for state funds, the county and the developmental disability board shall provide the following indirect services to the community: (1) Serve as an informational and referral agency within the community for persons with developmental disabilities and their ... |
71A.14.060 | Local authority to provide services. | The secretary by rule may authorize the county and the developmental disability board to provide any service for persons with developmental disabilities that the department is authorized to provide, except for operating residential habilitation centers under chapter 71A.20 RCW.
[ 1988 c 176 s 306 .] |
71A.14.070 | Confidentiality of information—Oath. | In order for the developmental disability board to plan, coordinate, and provide required services for persons with developmental disabilities, the county governing authority and the board shall be eligible to obtain such confidential information from public or private schools and the department as is necessary to acco... |
71A.14.080 | Local authority to receive and spend funds. | The county governing authority and the developmental disability board created under RCW 71A.14.020 are authorized to receive and spend funds received from the state under this chapter, or any federal funds received through any state agency, or any gifts or donations received by it for the benefit of persons with develo... |
71A.14.090 | Local authority to participate in federal programs. | RCW 71A.12.120 authorizes local governments to participate in federal programs for persons with developmental disabilities.
[ 1988 c 176 s 309 .] |
71A.14.100 | Funds from tax levy under RCW71.20.110. | Counties are authorized by RCW 71.20.110 to fund county activities under this chapter. Expenditures of county funds under this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 36.40 RCW and other statutes relating to expenditures by counties.
[ 1988 c 176 s 310 .] |
71A.14.110 | Contracts by boundary counties or cities in boundary counties. | Any county or city within a county either of which is situated on the state boundaries is authorized to contract for developmental disability services with a county situated in either the states of Oregon or Idaho, which county is located on boundaries with the state of Washington.
[ 1988 c 176 s 311 .] |
71A.14.120 | Parent to parent program—Goals. | The goals of the parent to parent program are to: (1) Provide early outreach, support, and education to parents who have a child with special health care needs; (2) Match a trained volunteer support parent with a new parent who has a child with similar needs to the child of the support parent; and (3) Provide parents w... |
71A.14.130 | Parent to parent program—Activities. | Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, activities of the parent to parent program may include: (1) Outreach and support to newly identified parents of children with special health care needs; (2) Trainings that educate parents in ways to support their child and navigate the complex... |
71A.14.140 | Parent to parent program—Funding—Administration—Training. | (1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the parent to parent program must be funded through the department and centrally administered through a pass-through to a Washington state lead organization that has extensive experience supporting and training support parents. (2) Through... |
71A.16.010 | Referral for services—Admittance to residential habilitation centers—Expiration of subsections. | (1) It is the intention of the legislature in this chapter to establish a single point of referral for persons with developmental disabilities and their families so that they may have a place of entry and continuing contact for services authorized under this title to persons with developmental disabilities. Eligible pe... |
71A.16.020 | Eligibility for services—Rules. | (1) A person is eligible for services under this title if the secretary finds that the person has a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 . (2) The secretary may adopt rules further defining and implementing the criteria in the definition of "developmental disability" under RCW 71A.10.020 . Beginning Ju... |
71A.16.030 | Determination of eligibility for services—Application. | (1) The secretary shall establish a single procedure for persons to apply for a determination of eligibility for services provided to persons with developmental disabilities. (2) An application may be submitted by a person with a developmental disability, by the legal representative of a person with a developmental dis... |
71A.16.040 | Determination of eligibility—Notice—Rules for redetermination. | (1) On receipt of an application for services submitted under RCW 71A.16.030 , the secretary in a timely manner shall make a written determination as to whether the applicant is eligible for services provided under this title for persons with developmental disabilities. (2) The secretary shall give notice of the secret... |
71A.16.050 | Determination of eligibility—Assessment—Determination of appropriate services—Availability of services. | The determination made under this chapter is only as to whether a person is eligible for services. After the secretary has determined under this chapter that a person is eligible for services, the individual may request an assessment for eligibility for medicaid programs and specific services administered by the develo... |
71A.18.010 | Individual service plans. | The secretary may produce and maintain an individual service plan for each eligible person. An individual service plan is a plan that identifies the needs of a person for services and determines what services will be in the best interests of the person and will meet the person's needs.
[ 1988 c 176 s 501 .] |
71A.18.020 | Services provided if funds available. | The secretary may provide a service to a person eligible under this title if funds are available. If there is an individual service plan, the secretary shall consider the need for services as provided in that plan.
[ 1988 c 176 s 601 .] |
71A.18.030 | Rejection of service. | An eligible person or the person's legal representative may reject an authorized service. Rejection of an authorized service shall not affect the person's eligibility for services and shall not eliminate the person from consideration for other services or for the same service at a different time or under different circ... |
71A.18.040 | Alternative service—Application—Determination—Reauthorization—Notice. | (1) A person who is receiving a service under this title or the person's legal representative may request the secretary to authorize a service that is available under this title in place of a service that the person is presently receiving. (2) The secretary upon receiving a request for change of service shall consult i... |
71A.18.050 | Discontinuance of a service. | (1) When considering the discontinuance of a service that is being provided to a person, the secretary shall consult as required in RCW 71A.10.070 . (2) The discontinuance of a service under this section does not affect the person's eligibility for services. Other services may be provided or the same service may be res... |
71A.18.060 | Budget requests for expenditures. | (1) Expenditures for the individual and family services waiver and the basic plus waiver administered under Title 71A RCW must be considered by the governor and the legislature for inclusion in maintenance level budgets beginning with the governor's budget proposal submitted in December 2022 and funding for these expen... |
71A.20.010 | Scope of chapter. | (1) This chapter covers the operation of residential habilitation centers. The selection of persons to be served at the centers is governed by chapters 71A.16 and 71A.18 RCW. The purposes of this chapter are: To provide for those persons who are exceptional in their needs for care, treatment, and education by reason of... |
71A.20.020 | Residential habilitation centers. | (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the following residential habilitation centers are permanently established to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities: Lakeland Village, located at Medical Lake, Spokane county; Rainier school, located at Buckley, Pierce county; Yaki... |
71A.20.030 | Facilities for Interlake School. | (1) The secretary may use surplus physical facilities at eastern state hospital as a residential habilitation center, which shall be known as the "Interlake School." (2) The secretary may designate and select such buildings and facilities and tracts of land at eastern state hospital that are surplus to the needs of the... |
71A.20.040 | Use of Harrison Memorial Hospital property. | The secretary may under RCW 72.29.010 use the Harrison Memorial Hospital property at Bremerton, Kitsap county, for services to persons with developmental disabilities.
[ 1988 c 176 s 704 .] |
71A.20.050 | Superintendents—Secretary's custody of residents. | (1) The secretary shall appoint a superintendent for each residential habilitation center. The superintendent of a residential habilitation center shall have a demonstrated history of knowledge, understanding, and compassion for the needs, treatment, and training of persons with developmental disabilities. (2) The secr... |
71A.20.060 | Work programs for residents. | The secretary shall have authority to engage the residents of a residential habilitation center in beneficial work programs, but the secretary shall not engage residents in excessive hours of work or work for disciplinary purposes.
[ 1988 c 176 s 706 .] |
71A.20.070 | Educational programs. | (1) An educational program shall be created and maintained for each residential habilitation center pursuant to RCW 28A.190.030 through 28A.190.050 . The educational program shall provide a comprehensive program of academic, vocational, recreational, and other educational services best adapted to meet the needs and cap... |
71A.20.080 | Return of resident to community—Notice—Adjudicative proceeding—Judicial review—Effect of appeal. | (1) Whenever in the judgment of the secretary, the treatment and training of any resident of a residential habilitation center has progressed to the point that it is deemed advisable to return such resident to the community, the secretary may grant placement on such terms and conditions as the secretary may deem advisa... |
71A.20.090 | Secretary to determine capacity of residential quarters. | The secretary shall determine by the application of proper criteria the maximum number of persons to reside in the residential quarters of each residential habilitation center. The secretary in authorizing service at a residential habilitation center shall not exceed the maximum population for the residential habilitat... |
71A.20.100 | Personal property of resident—Secretary as custodian—Limitations—Judicial proceedings to recover. | The secretary shall serve as custodian without compensation of personal property of a resident of a residential habilitation center that is located at the residential habilitation center, including moneys deposited with the secretary for the benefit of the resident. As custodian, the secretary shall have authority to d... |
71A.20.110 | Clothing for residents—Cost. | When clothing for a resident of a residential habilitation center is not otherwise provided, the secretary shall provide a resident with suitable clothing, the actual cost of which shall be a charge against the parents, guardian, or estate of the resident. If such parent or guardian is unable to provide or pay for the ... |
71A.20.120 | Financial responsibility. | The subject of financial responsibility for the provision of services to persons in residential habilitation centers is covered by RCW 43.20B.410 through 43.20B.455 .
[ 1988 c 176 s 712 .] |
71A.20.130 | Death of resident, payment of funeral expenses—Limitation. | Upon the death of a resident of a residential habilitation center, the secretary may supplement such funds as were in the resident's account at the time of the person's death to provide funeral and burial expense for the deceased resident. These expenses shall not exceed funeral and burial expenses allowed under *RCW 7... |
71A.20.140 | Resident desiring to leave center—Authority to hold resident limited. | (1) If a resident of a residential habilitation center desires to leave the center and the secretary believes that departures may be harmful to the resident, the secretary may hold the resident at the residential habilitation center for a period not to exceed forty-eight hours in order to consult with the person's lega... |
71A.20.150 | Admission to residential habilitation center for observation. | Without committing the department to continued provision of service, the secretary may admit a person eligible for services under this chapter to a residential habilitation center for a period not to exceed thirty days for observation prior to determination of needed services, where such observation is necessary to det... |
71A.20.170 | Developmental disabilities community services account—Creation—Required deposits—Permitted withdrawals—Investment of funds. | (1) The developmental disabilities community services account is created in the state treasury. (2) The following revenues must be deposited in the account: (a) All net proceeds from leases or sales of real property, conservation easements, and sales of timber, from the state properties at the Fircrest residential habi... |
71A.20.180 | Closure of Yakima Valley school—Department duties—Continuation of services. | (1)(a) The Yakima Valley school shall continue to operate as a residential habilitation center until such time that the census of permanent residents has reached eight persons. Upon such time as the facility closes to full residential care, the facility must thereafter operate crisis stabilization beds and only so many... |
71A.20.191 | Rainier school—Admissions—Department's duties. | (1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, as of July 27, 2025, no new long-term admissions are permitted at the Rainier school, located at Buckley, Pierce county. (b) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, as of June 30, 2027, no admissions of any kind are permitted at the Rainier scho... |
71A.20.195 | Rainier school—Reporting.(Expires July 1, 2030.) | (1) The department of social and health services shall, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on December 1, 2025, June 1, 2026, December 1, 2026, June 1, 2027, June 1, 2028, and annually thereafter that provides the information described in subsection (2) o... |
71A.20.800 | Chapter to be liberally construed. | The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
[ 1988 c 176 s 716 .] |
71A.20.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
71A.22.010 | Contracts for services authorized. | The secretary may enter into agreements with any person or with any person, corporation, or association operating a day training center or group training home or a combination day training center and group training home approved by the department, for the payment of all, or a portion, of the cost of the care, treatment... |
71A.22.020 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Day training center" means a facility equipped, supervised, managed, and operated at least three days per week by any person, association, or corporation on a nonprofit basis for the day-care, treatment, training, and maintenance of persons with developmental disabilities, and approved und... |
71A.22.030 | Payments by secretary under this chapter supplemental—Limitation. | All payments made by the secretary under this chapter, shall be, insofar as possible, supplementary to payments to be made to a day training center or group training home, or a combination of both, by the persons with developmental disabilities resident in the home or center. Payments made by the secretary under this c... |
71A.22.040 | Certification of facility as day training center or group training home. | Any person, corporation, or association may apply to the secretary for approval and certification of the applicant's facility as a day training center or a group training home for persons with developmental disabilities, or a combination of both. The secretary may either grant or deny certification or revoke certificat... |
71A.22.050 | Services in day training center or group training home—Application for payment. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of this title govern applications for payment by the state for services in a day training center or group training home approved by the secretary under this chapter. (2) In determining eligibility and the amount of payment, the secretary shall make specia... |
71A.22.060 | Facilities to be nonsectarian. | A day training center and a group training home under this chapter shall be a nonsectarian training center and a nonsectarian group training home.
[ 1988 c 176 s 806 .] |
71A.24.005 | Intent. | (1) The legislature recognizes that the number of children who have developmental disabilities along with intense behaviors is increasing, and more families are seeking out-of-home placement for their children. (2) The legislature intends to create services and to develop supports for these children, family members, an... |
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