Source: https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?Cite=70.128&full=true
Timestamp: 2020-08-11 16:40:08
Document Index: 526638667

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 704', '§ 206', '§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 26', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 705', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 4']

70.128.300 Services for adult family home residents with a primary need of care related to a developmental or intellectual disability—Services for residents of adult family homes dedicated solely to dementia care—Design and implementation—Recommendations.
70.128.305 Adult family home training network—Requirements.
70.128.3051 Report on status of the adult family home training network.
RCW 70.128.030
RCW 70.128.043
RCW 70.128.050
RCW 70.128.055
RCW 70.128.057
RCW 70.128.058
RCW 70.128.064
RCW 70.128.070
RCW 70.128.080
RCW 70.128.100
RCW 70.128.105
RCW 70.128.110
RCW 70.128.120
RCW 70.128.122
RCW 70.128.125
(7) Adult family homes shall develop a fire drill plan for emergency evacuation of residents, shall have working smoke detectors in each bedroom where a resident is located, shall have working fire extinguishers on each floor of the home, and shall house nonambulatory residents on a level with safe egress to a public right-of-way. Nonambulatory residents must have a bedroom on the floor of the home from which the resident can be evacuated to a designated safe location outside the home without the use of stairs, elevators, chair lifts, platform lifts, or other devices as determined by the department in rule.
(8) The adult family home shall ensure that all residents can be safely evacuated from the home in an emergency as established by the department in rule. The rules established by the department must be developed in consultation with the largest organization representing fire chiefs in the state of Washington.
[ 2019 c 80 § 1; 2012 c 164 § 704; 2011 1st sp.s. c 3 § 206; 2000 c 121 § 6; 1995 c 260 § 6; 1989 c 427 § 26.]
RCW 70.128.135
RCW 70.128.140
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RCW 70.128.170
RCW 70.128.200
RCW 70.128.220
RCW 70.128.230
(7) Persons who successfully complete the competency challenge test for basic training are fully exempt from the basic training requirements of this section. Persons who successfully complete the specialty training competency challenge test are fully exempt from the specialty training requirements of this section.
(9) In an effort to improve access to training and education and reduce costs, especially for rural communities, the adult family home training network must include the use of innovative types of learning strategies such as internet resources, videotapes, and distance learning using satellite technology coordinated through community colleges, private associations, or other entities, as defined by the department.
(10) The adult family home training network shall assist adult family homes that desire to deliver facility-based training with facility designated trainers, or adult family homes that desire to pool their resources to create shared training systems. The department shall develop criteria for reviewing and approving trainers and training materials. The department may approve a curriculum based upon attestation by an adult family home administrator that the adult family home's training curriculum addresses basic and specialty training competencies identified by the department, and shall review a curriculum to verify that it meets these requirements. The department may conduct the review as part of the next regularly scheduled inspection authorized under RCW 70.128.070. The department shall rescind approval of any curriculum if it determines that the curriculum does not meet these requirements.
[ 2019 c 466 § 5; 2013 c 259 § 5; 2012 c 164 § 705; 2002 c 233 § 3; 2000 c 121 § 3.]
RCW 70.128.240
RCW 70.128.250
RCW 70.128.260
RCW 70.128.270
RCW 70.128.290
RCW 70.128.300
Services for adult family home residents with a primary need of care related to a developmental or intellectual disability—Services for residents of adult family homes dedicated solely to dementia care—Design and implementation—Recommendations.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the developmental disabilities administration within the department shall work with stakeholders to design and implement services for individuals living in adult family homes who have a primary need of care related to a developmental or intellectual disability. These services must be enhancements or in addition to services currently available, and designed to meet the specific provisions related to the assessment, environment, regulations, provision of care, and training requirements. These services must be enhancements or in addition to services currently available, and designed to support an intentional environment to improve resident quality of life, promote resident safety, including protecting safety in relationships between residents, increase resident length of stay, clarify regulations, streamline training requirements, reduce the need for institutional settings, and attract more adult family home providers to develop such highly needed resources. The recommendations for these services must be completed by June 1, 2020, for consideration and implementation in the 2021-2023 biennium.
(2) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the aging and long-term support administration within the department shall work with stakeholders to design and implement proposed services for individuals living in adult family homes that are dedicated solely to the care of individuals with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. These services must be enhancements or in addition to services currently available, and designed to include specific provisions related to the assessment, environment, regulations, provision of care, and training requirements. These services must be designed to support an intentional environment to improve resident quality of life, promote resident safety, including protecting safety in relationships between residents, increase resident length of stay, clarify regulations, streamline training requirements, reduce the need for institutional settings, and attract more adult family home providers to develop such highly needed resources. The recommendations for these services must be completed by June 1, 2020, for consideration and implementation in the 2021-2023 biennium.
[ 2019 c 466 § 1.]
RCW 70.128.305
Adult family home training network—Requirements.
(1) If the department has any contracts for personal care services with any adult family home represented by an exclusive bargaining representative:
(a) Effective July 1, 2020, training required under this chapter for adult family homes must be available through an adult family home training network.
(b) The exclusive bargaining representative shall designate the adult family home training network.
(c) The parties to the collective bargaining agreement must negotiate a memorandum of understanding to provide for contributions to the adult family home training network. Contributions to the adult family home training network must begin no sooner than January 1, 2020. Contributions to the adult family home training network for fiscal year 2021 must be limited to no more than the amount appropriated for training in the 2019-2021 collective bargaining agreement.
(d) Contributions must be provided to the adult family home training network through a vendor contract executed by the department.
(e) The adult family home training network shall provide reports as required by the department verifying that providers have complied with all training requirements.
(a) Limits the ability of a department-approved training entity or instructor to provide training to an adult family home provider, resident manager, or caregiver;
(b) Requires that a department-approved training entity or instructor contract with an adult family home training network; or
(c) Prevents an adult family home provider, resident manager, or caregiver from receiving training from a department-approved training entity or instructor.
[ 2019 c 466 § 3.]
RCW 70.128.3051
Report on status of the adult family home training network. (Expires July 1, 2021.)
(1) By December 1, 2020, the department shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on the status of the adult family home training network.
[ 2019 c 466 § 4.]
RCW 70.128.901