PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Adult Services Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 388-71-0500 through 388-71-0560, individual provider and home care agency provide qualifications.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: EHB 2657 [2637]; RCW 43.43.830; 43.20A.710.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Washington state legislature passed EHB 2637 which:
| • | Requires that individual providers and home care agency providers who (a) have lived in Washington state less than three years and (b) provide in-home services to clients receiving COPES, Chore, or Medicaid personal care must have FBI fingerprint checks; |
| • | Adds four drug-related crimes to the list of disqualifying crimes; and |
| • | Requires that the department conduct background checks on home care agency providers while applying the same requirements to individual providers. |
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Health Care Financing Administration, Health and Rehabilitation Services, Children's Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health Division, Department of Health.
Process for Developing New Rule: AASA will conduct an internal and external review process prior to filing the CR-102, notice of proposed rule making. AASA will prepare initial draft regulations which will be provided to stakeholders for review. Opportunities for discussion and input will be scheduled for stakeholders, consumers, providers, case managers, and other stakeholder agencies and interested parties. Public meetings will be held to seek comments and recommendations on initial draft regulations. Dates, times, and locations of public meetings will be mailed out in advance. Initial draft rules will be mailed to interested parties in advance of each meeting. Comments and recommendations received up to the deadline will be reviewed and considered before and during the process of drafting proposed rules.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Sue McDonough, Aging and Adult Services Administration, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600, phone (360) 407-0331, TTY (360) 493-2637, e-mail mcdonsc@dshs.wa.gov.
August 22, 2000
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit