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WA Rev Code § 74.39A.520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.39A - Long-Term Care Services Options—Expansion.|74.39A.520 - Individual providers employed by a consumer directed employer—Consumer's right to select, schedule, supervise, or dismiss individual providers.

RCW 74.39A.520 Individual providers employed by a consumer directed employer—Consumer's right to select, schedule, supervise, or dismiss individual providers.The following provisions apply only if individual providers are employed by a consumer directed employer:(1) Consumers and prospective consumers have the right to select, schedule, supervise the work of, and dismiss any individual provider providing services to them consistent with the consumer's plan of care.(2) Nothing in this section modifies:(a) The consumer directed employer's authority to:(i) Refuse to employ an individual provider who may not be able to meet the needs of a particular consumer;(ii) Assign an individual provider who has been dismissed by a consumer to a different consumer who has selected the individual provider;(iii) Provide information to a consumer about an individual provider's work history as an employee of the consumer directed employer; or(iv) Terminate the provider's employment when the individual is not meeting the needs of the consumer.(b) The consumer's right to:(i) Assign hours to one or more individual providers consistent with this chapter, the rules adopted under this chapter, and his or her plan of care; or(ii) Dismiss an individual provider.[ 2018 c 278 § 20.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2018 c 278: See note following RCW 74.39A.500.
WA Rev Code § 74.39A.800 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.39A - Long-Term Care Services Options—Expansion.|74.39A.800 - Changes to agreements—Performance of duties.

RCW 74.39A.800 Changes to agreements—Performance of duties.(1) If any provision of chapter 1, Laws of 2012 triggers changes to an agreement reached under RCW 74.39A.300, the changes must go into effect immediately without need for legislative approval.(2) The requirements contained in RCW 74.39A.300 and chapter 1, Laws of 2012 constitute ministerial, mandatory, and nondiscretionary duties. Failure to fully perform such duties constitutes a violation of chapter 1, Laws of 2012. Any person may bring an action to require the governor or other responsible persons to perform such duties. Such action may be brought in the superior court, at the petitioner's option, for (a) Thurston county, or (b) the county of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business, or such action may be filed directly with the supreme court, which is hereby given original jurisdiction over such action.[ 2012 c 1 § 304 (Initiative Measure No. 1163, approved November 8, 2011).]NOTES:Intent—Findings—Performance audits—Spending limits—Construction—Effective date—Short title—2012 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 1163): See notes following RCW 74.39A.056.
WA Rev Code § 74.39A.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.39A - Long-Term Care Services Options—Expansion.|74.39A.900 - Section captions—1993 c 508.

RCW 74.39A.900 Section captions—1993 c 508.Section captions as used in this act constitute no part of the law.[ 1993 c 508 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 74.39A.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.39A - Long-Term Care Services Options—Expansion.|74.39A.901 - Conflict with federal requirements.

RCW 74.39A.901 Conflict with federal requirements.If any part of this chapter or a collective bargaining agreement under this chapter is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this chapter or the agreement is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this chapter or the agreement in its application to the agencies concerned. The rules under this chapter shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state.[ 2004 c 3 § 5; 1993 c 508 § 11.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—2004 c 3: See notes following RCW 74.39A.270.
WA Rev Code § 74.39A.903 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.39A - Long-Term Care Services Options—Expansion.|74.39A.903 - Effective date—1993 c 508.

RCW 74.39A.903 Effective date—1993 c 508.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [May 18, 1993].[ 1993 c 508 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 74.41.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.010 - Legislative findings.

RCW 74.41.010 Legislative findings.The legislature recognizes that:(1) Most care provided for functionally disabled adults is delivered by family members or friends who are not compensated for their services. Family involvement is a crucial element for avoiding or postponing institutionalization of the disabled adult.(2) Family or other caregivers who provide continuous care in the home are frequently under substantial stress, physical, psychological, and financial. The stress, if unrelieved by family or community support to the caregiver, may lead to premature or unnecessary nursing home placement.(3) Respite care and other community-based supportive services for the caregiver and for the disabled adult could relieve some of the stresses, maintain and strengthen the family structure, and postpone or prevent institutionalization.(4) With family and friends providing the primary care for the disabled adult, supplemented by community health and social services, long-term care may be less costly than if the individual were institutionalized.[ 1984 c 158 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 74.41.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.020 - Intent.

RCW 74.41.020 Intent.It is the intent of the legislature to provide a comprehensive program of long-term care information and support, including in-home and out-of-home respite care services, for family and other unpaid caregivers who provide the daily services required when caring for adults with functional disabilities. The family caregiver long-term care information and support services shall:(1) Provide information, relief, and support to family or other unpaid caregivers of adults with functional disabilities;(2) Encourage family and other nonpaid individuals to provide care for adults with functional disabilities at home, and thus offer a viable alternative to placement in a long-term care facility;(3) Ensure that respite care is made generally available on a sliding-fee basis to eligible participants in the program according to priorities established by the department;(4) Be provided in the least restrictive setting available consistent with the individually assessed needs of the adults with functional disabilities;(5) Include services appropriate to the needs of persons caring for individuals with dementing illnesses; and(6) Provide unpaid family and other unpaid caregivers with services that enable them to make informed decisions about current and future care plans, solve day-to-day caregiving problems, learn essential caregiving skills, and locate services that may strengthen their capacity to provide care.[ 2000 c 207 § 2; 1987 c 409 § 1; 1984 c 158 § 2.]NOTES:Short title—2000 c 207: "This act shall be known and cited as the Fred Mills act." [ 2000 c 207 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 74.41.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.030 - Definitions.

RCW 74.41.030 Definitions.Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Family caregiver long-term care information and support services" means providing long-term care information and support services to unpaid family and other unpaid caregivers of adults with functional disabilities, including but not limited to providing: (a) Information about available public and private long-term care support services; (b) assistance in gaining access to an array of appropriate long-term care family caregiver services; (c) promotion and implementation of support groups; (d) caregiver training to assist the nonpaid caregivers in making decisions and solving challenges relating to their caregiving roles; (e) respite care services; and (f) additional supportive long-term care services that may include but not be limited to translating/interpreter services, specialized transportation, coordination of health care services, help purchasing needed supplies, durable goods, or equipment, and other forms of information and support necessary to maintain the unpaid caregiving activity.(2) "Respite care services" means relief care for families or other caregivers of adults with functional disabilities, eligibility for which shall be determined by the department by rule. The services provide temporary care or supervision of adults with functional disabilities in substitution for the caregiver. The term includes adult day services.(3) "Eligible participant for family caregiver long-term care information and support services" means an adult who needs substantially continuous care or supervision by reason of his or her functional disability and may be at risk of placement into a long-term care facility.(4) "Eligible participant for respite care services" means an adult who needs substantially continuous care or supervision by reason of his or her functional disability and is also assessed as requiring placement into a long-term care facility in the absence of an unpaid family or other unpaid caregiver.(5) "Unpaid caregiver" means a spouse, relative, or friend who has primary responsibility for the care of an adult with a functional disability and who does not receive financial compensation for the care. To be eligible for respite care and for family caregiver support services, the caregiver is considered the client.(6) "Adult day services" means nonmedical services to persons who live with their families, cannot be left unsupervised, and are at risk of being placed in a twenty-four-hour care facility if their families do not receive some relief from constant care.(7) "Department" means the department of social and health services.[ 2000 c 207 § 3; 1987 c 409 § 2; 1984 c 158 § 3.]NOTES:Short title—2000 c 207: See note following RCW 74.41.020.
WA Rev Code § 74.41.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 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.The legislature further finds that to address this increasing need, the long-term care system should support autonomy and self-determination, and support the role of informal caregivers and families. It should promote personal planning and savings combined with public support, when needed. It should also include culturally appropriate, high quality information, services, and supports delivered in a cost-effective and efficient manner.The legislature further finds that more than fifteen percent of adults over age sixty-five in Washington state have diabetes. Current nurse delegation statutes limit the ability of elderly and disabled persons with diabetes to remain in their own homes or in other home-like long-term care settings. It is the intent of the legislature to modify nurse delegation statutes to enable elderly persons and persons with disabilities who have diabetes to continue to reside in their own home or other home-like settings.The legislature further finds that the long-term care system should utilize evidence-based practices for the prevention and management of chronic disease to improve the general health of Washingtonians over their lifetime and reduce health care and long-term care costs related to ineffective chronic care management." [ 2008 c 146 § 1.]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.]
WA Rev Code § 74.41.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.050 - Family caregiver long-term care information and support services—Respite services, evaluation of need, caregiver abilities.

RCW 74.41.050 Family caregiver long-term care information and support services—Respite services, evaluation of need, caregiver abilities.The department shall contract with area agencies on aging or other appropriate agencies to conduct family caregiver long-term care information and support services to the extent of available funding. The responsibilities of the agencies shall include but not be limited to: (1) Administering a program of family caregiver long-term care information and support services; (2) negotiating rates of payment, administering sliding-fee scales to enable eligible participants to participate in paying for respite care, and arranging for respite care information, training, and other support services; and (3) developing an evidence-based tailored caregiver assessment and referral tool. In evaluating the need for respite services, consideration shall be given to the mental and physical ability of the caregiver to perform necessary caregiver functions.[ 2008 c 146 § 4; 2000 c 207 § 4; 1989 c 427 § 8; 1987 c 409 § 4; 1984 c 158 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Severability—2008 c 146: See notes following RCW 74.41.040.Short title—2000 c 207: See note following RCW 74.41.020.
WA Rev Code § 74.41.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.060 - Respite care program—Criteria.

RCW 74.41.060 Respite care program—Criteria.The department shall insure that the respite care program is designed to meet the following criteria:(1) Make maximum use of services which provide care to the greatest number of eligible participants with the fewest number of staff consistent with adequate care;(2) Provide for use of one-on-one care when necessary;(3) Provide for both day care and overnight care;(4) Provide personal care to continue at the same level which the caregiver ordinarily provides to the eligible participant; and(5) Provide for the utilization of family home settings.[ 1984 c 158 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 74.41.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.070 - Family caregiver long-term care information and support services—Data.

RCW 74.41.070 Family caregiver long-term care information and support services—Data.The area agencies on aging administering family caregiver long-term care information and support services shall maintain data which indicates demand for family caregiver long-term care information and support services.[ 2000 c 207 § 5; 1998 c 245 § 151; 1987 c 409 § 5; 1984 c 158 § 7.]NOTES:Short title—2000 c 207: See note following RCW 74.41.020.
WA Rev Code § 74.41.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.080 - Health care practitioners and facilities not impaired.

RCW 74.41.080 Health care practitioners and facilities not impaired.Nothing in this chapter shall impair the practice of any licensed health care practitioner or licensed health care facility.[ 1984 c 158 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 74.41.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.090 - Entitlement not created.

RCW 74.41.090 Entitlement not created.Nothing in this chapter creates or provides any individual with an entitlement to services or benefits. It is the intent of the legislature that services under this chapter shall be made available only to the extent of the availability and level of appropriation made by the legislature.[ 1987 c 409 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 74.41.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.41 - Respite Care Services.|74.41.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 74.41.900 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 182.]
WA Rev Code § 74.42.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.42 - Nursing Homes—Resident Care, Operating Standards.|74.42.020 - Minimum standards.

RCW 74.42.020 Minimum standards.The standards in RCW 74.42.030 through 74.42.570 are the minimum standards for facilities licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That RCW 74.42.040, 74.42.140 through 74.42.280, 74.42.300, 74.42.360, 74.42.370, 74.42.380, 74.42.420 (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7), 74.42.430(3), 74.42.450 (2) and (3), 74.42.520, 74.42.530, 74.42.540, 74.42.570, and 74.42.580 shall not apply to any nursing home or institution conducted for those who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or religious denomination, or for any nursing home or institution operated for the exclusive care of members of a convent as defined in RCW 84.36.800 or rectory, monastery, or other institution operated for the care of members of the clergy.[ 1995 1st sp.s. c 18 § 68; 1982 c 120 § 1; 1980 c 184 § 6; 1979 ex.s. c 211 § 2.]NOTES:Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 74.39A.030.
WA Rev Code § 74.42.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.42 - Nursing Homes—Resident Care, Operating Standards.|74.42.030 - Resident to receive statement of rights, rules, services, and charges.

RCW 74.42.030 Resident to receive statement of rights, rules, services, and charges.Each resident or guardian or legal representative, if any, shall be fully informed and receive in writing, in a language the resident or his or her representative understands, the following information:(1) The resident's rights and responsibilities in the facility;(2) Rules governing resident conduct;(3) Services, items, and activities available in the facility; and(4) Charges for services, items, and activities, including those not included in the facility's basic daily rate or not paid by medicaid.The facility shall provide this information before admission, or at the time of admission in case of emergency, and as changes occur during the resident's stay. The resident and his or her representative must be informed in writing in advance of changes in the availability or charges for services, items, or activities, or of changes in the facility's rules. Except in unusual circumstances, thirty days' advance notice must be given prior to the change. The resident or legal guardian or representative shall acknowledge in writing receipt of this information.The written information provided by the facility pursuant to this section, and the terms of any admission contract executed between the facility and an individual seeking admission to the facility, must be consistent with the requirements of this chapter and chapter 18.51 RCW and, for facilities certified under medicaid or medicare, with the applicable federal requirements.[ 1997 c 392 § 212; 1979 ex.s. c 211 § 3.]NOTES:Short title—Findings—Construction—Conflict with federal requirements—Part headings and captions not law—1997 c 392: See notes following RCW 74.39A.009.
WA Rev Code § 74.42.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.42 - Nursing Homes—Resident Care, Operating Standards.|74.42.040 - Resident's rights regarding medical condition, care, and treatment.

RCW 74.42.040 Resident's rights regarding medical condition, care, and treatment.The facility shall insure that each resident and guardian, if any:(1) Is fully informed by a physician about his or her health and medical condition unless the physician decides that informing the resident is medically contraindicated and the physician documents this decision in the resident's record;(2) Has the opportunity to participate in his or her total care and treatment;(3) Has the opportunity to refuse treatment; and(4) Gives informed, written consent before participating in experimental research.[ 1979 ex.s. c 211 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 74.42.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.42 - Nursing Homes—Resident Care, Operating Standards.|74.42.050 - Residents to be treated with consideration, respect—Complaints.

RCW 74.42.050 Residents to be treated with consideration, respect—Complaints.(1) Residents shall be treated with consideration, respect, and full recognition of their dignity and individuality. Residents shall be encouraged and assisted in the exercise of their rights as residents of the facility and as citizens.(2) A resident or guardian, if any, may submit complaints or recommendations concerning the policies of the facility to the staff and to outside representatives of the resident's choice. No facility may restrain, interfere, coerce, discriminate, or retaliate in any manner against a resident who submits a complaint or recommendation.[ 1979 ex.s. c 211 § 5.]