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H05-061 - Procedure
August 17, 2005
|TO: |HCS Regional Administrators |
| |APS Program Staff |
| |Legal Benefits Advisors/Attorneys |
|FROM: |Penny Black, Director, Home and Community Services Division |
|SUBJECT: |Background Checks by Adult Protective Services |
|Purpose: |Discontinue use of the APS WATCH account with the Washington State Patrol; |
| |Create new APS accounts with the DSHS Background Check Central Unit (BCCU); and |
| |Implement APS policy regarding background checks through BCCU. |
|Background: |MB H04-037 established APS access to WATCH information for purposes of APS worker safety. |
| |July 2005 the Washington State Patrol significantly increased the cost of each APS WATCH check. As a result, |
| |the APS WATCH contract must be cancelled and an alternative method developed for APS to access background |
| |information for people affiliated with an APS report or case. |
|What’s new, changed, or |The APS WATCH contract with WSP is cancelled. |
|Clarified |APS is establishing accounts with the BCCU and will now submit background check requests to BCCU. |
|ACTION: |Effective immediately: |
| |MB H04-037 is rescinded. Do not attempt to access WATCH using the terminated APS contract with WSP. |
| | |
| |Implement steps A – C to create your regional APS account(s) with BCCU. |
| | |
| |Each region must determine who will be authorized to submit APS background check requests to BCCU and then |
| |provide Lori Melchiori with the following information needed to set up a BCCU account for the office(s) where|
| |the authorized staff are located: |
| |Site address; |
| |Mailing address; |
| |Number of a secure fax; and |
| |Phone number of a contact person. |
| | |
| |Obtain your account number(s) from this BCCU Intranet site: |
| |. Notify Lori of any needed corrections. (NOTE: this |
| |information has been programmed into the BCCU computer system). |
| | |
| |Provide updated information to Lori when the region wants to open, close, or move the office location of an |
| |APS account with BCCU. |
| | |
| |Attachment 1 is incorporated into Chapter 6. Implement these Chapter 6 procedures to obtain and use a |
| |background check through BCCU. |
| | |
|Related |RCW 74.34 Abuse of Vulnerable Adults |
|REFERENCES: |WAC 388-71-0100 through 388-71-01280 |
| |Long-Term Care Manual, Chapter 6 |
| |MB H04-037 |
| |MB 02-32 |
|ATTACHMENT(S): |Attachment 1: Addition to Chapter 6: Investigative Tools section |
| |Attachment 2: Background Check Authorization Form |
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|CONTACT(S): |Lori Melchiori, APS Program Manager |
| |360-725-2531 or melchl@dshs. |
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