PDFWAC 388-825-020
Definitions.
"Adult day care" is a service administered by DDA-contracted counties that provides a structured social program for adults.
"Authorization" means DDA approval of funding for a service as identified in the person-centered service plan or evidence of payment for a service.
"Assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary of the developmental disabilities administration.
"Background check system" or "BCS" means an online system for processing background checks.
"Consumer-directed employer" is a private entity that contracts with the department to be the legal employer of individual providers for purposes of performing administrative functions.
"Client" means a person who has a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020(3) who also has been determined eligible to receive services by the administration under chapter 71A.16 RCW. "Client" may also refer to a child with a functional need for personal care services who does not have a developmental disability.
"Department" means the department of social and health services of the state of Washington.
"DDA" means the developmental disabilities administration within the department of social and health services.
"Enhanced respite services" means respite care for DDA enrolled children and youth, who meet specific criteria, in a DDA contracted and licensed staffed residential setting.
"Family" means one or more of the following relatives: Spouse or registered domestic partner; natural, adoptive, or stepparent; grandparent; child; stepchild; sibling; stepsibling; uncle; aunt; first cousin; niece; or nephew.
"Individual provider" means an employee of a consumer-directed employer who provides personal care or respite care services.
["]Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities" or "ICF/IID" means a facility certified under federal law to provide active treatment and rehabilitation services.
"Medicaid" means the federal medical aid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act that provides health care to eligible people.
"Person-centered service plan" or "PCSP" is a document that identifies a client's goals and assessed health and welfare needs. The PCSP also indicates the paid services and natural supports that will help a client achieve their goals and address their assessed needs.
"Respite care" means short-term intermittent care for DDA clients to provide relief for people who normally provide that care.
"State-only funded services" means those services paid entirely with state funds.
"State supplementary payment" or "SSP" is the state paid cash assistance program for certain DDA-eligible clients.
"You" or "your" means the client.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.020, 71A.12.030, 71A.12.040, 71A.12.050, 71A.12.110, 71A.12.161, 43.20A.710, and 43.43.837. WSR 23-07-130, § 388-825-020, filed 3/22/23, effective 4/22/23. Statutory Authority: 2014 c 139, 2014 c 166, 2015 3rd sp.s. c 4, RCW 71A.12.030, and 71A.12.120. WSR 16-17-009, § 388-825-020, filed 8/4/16, effective 9/4/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 44.04.280, 2011 1st sp.s. c 30 and further amended state law, and chapter 71A.20 RCW. WSR 12-22-037, § 388-825-020, filed 11/1/12, effective 12/2/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 71A.12.040. WSR 10-02-101, § 388-825-020, filed 1/6/10, effective 2/6/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.10.015, 71A.12.020, 71A.12.030, and Title 71A RCW. WSR 08-11-072, § 388-825-020, filed 5/19/08, effective 6/19/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020 and 2002 c 371. WSR 04-02-014, § 388-825-020, filed 12/29/03, effective 1/29/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.16.010, 71A.16.030, 71A.12.030, chapter 71A.20 RCW, RCW 72.01.090, and 72.33.125. WSR 02-16-014, § 388-825-020, filed 7/25/02, effective 8/25/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 71A.12.040. WSR 99-23-021, amended and recodified as § 388-825-020, filed 11/9/99, effective 12/10/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030. WSR 99-04-071, § 275-27-020, filed 2/1/99, effective 3/4/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.12A.030 and 71A.16.030. WSR 98-20-044, § 275-27-020, filed 9/30/98, effective 10/7/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.14.030 and 71A.16.020. WSR 92-09-115 (Order 3373), § 275-27-020, filed 4/21/92, effective 5/22/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.16.020. WSR 91-17-005 (Order 3230), § 275-27-020, filed 8/9/91, effective 9/9/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 71.20.070. WSR 89-06-049 (Order 2767), § 275-27-020, filed 2/28/89; WSR 84-15-058 (Order 2124), § 275-27-020, filed 7/18/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090, 72.33.040, 72.33.125 and 72.33.165. WSR 78-04-033 (Order 1280), § 275-27-020, filed 3/16/78; Order 1143, § 275-27-020, filed 8/11/76.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules, and deems ineffectual changes not filed by the agency in this manner. The bracketed material in the above section does not appear to conform to the statutory requirement.