2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 74 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
74.41 Respite care services.
74.41.040 Administration -- Rules -- Program standards.
RCW 74.41.040 Administration — Rules — Program standards.
The department shall administer this chapter and shall establish such rules and standards as the department deems necessary in carrying out this chapter. The department shall not require the development of plans of care or discharge plans by nursing homes or adult family homes providing respite care service under this chapter. Assisted living facilities providing respite care services shall comply with the assessment and plan of care provisions of RCW 18.20.350.
The department shall develop standards for the respite program in conjunction with the selected area agencies on aging. The program standards shall serve as the basis for soliciting bids, entering into subcontracts, and developing sliding fee scales to be used in determining the ability of eligible participants to participate in paying for respite care.
[2012 c 10 § 68; 2008 c 146 § 2; 1987 c 409 § 3; 1984 c 158 § 4.]
Notes:
Application -- 2012 c 10: See note following RCW 18.20.010. Findings -- Intent -- 2008 c 146: "The legislature finds that Washingtonians sixty-five years of age and older will nearly double in the next twenty years, from eleven percent of our population today to almost twenty percent of our population in 2025. Younger people with disabilities will also require supportive long-term care services. Nationally, young people with a disability account for thirty-seven percent of the total number of people who need long-term care. Severability -- 2008 c 146: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [2008 c 146 § 14.] |
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