(1) The department or an authorized case manager must perform a comprehensive assessment reporting evaluation (CARE) to determine a client's need for adult day care, per WAC 388-106-0065. Based on the assessment, the case manager determines whether the client should be referred for day care services or whether the client's needs can be met in other ways.

(2) If the case manager determines an unmet need for an ADC service that may be provided at a day care center, the case manager works with the client and/or the client's representative to develop a service plan that documents the needed services and the number of days per week that the services are to be provided. The case manager refers the client to a waiver-contracted day care center that the client and the case manager agree can potentially meet the client's needs.

(3) Clients receiving adult day care services must be reassessed at least annually.