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WAC 182-565-0330

Admission.

A client is eligible for admission to a medical respite program when the client:
(1) Is experiencing homelessness or is at risk of becoming homeless;
(2) Is experiencing medical and behavioral health needs and meets one of the following:
(a) Has recently been discharged from a hospital setting including emergency room visits; or
(b) Is referred from a medical clinic (e.g., a primary care clinic, federally qualified health center, urgent care facility, mobile medical clinic, street medicine) and both of the following are true:
(i) The client has an acute medical condition that can be safely managed in a sheltered outpatient setting; and
(ii) Medical respite care is appropriate to provide the conditions to support recovery from the acute medical condition;
(3) Can perform activities of daily living (ADLs) with minimal or no assistance; and
(4) Has signed an admission agreement.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021, 41.05.160, and 2023 c 475 s 215(64). WSR 25-19-039, s 182-565-0330, filed 9/9/25, effective 10/10/25.]