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| | H11-038 - Policy/Procedure |
| |July 13, 2011 |
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|TO: |Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Directors |
| |Home and Community Services (HCS) Division Regional Administrators |
| |Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) Regional Administrators |
|FROM: |Bill Moss, Director, Home and Community Services Division |
| |Linda Rolfe, Director, Division of Developmental Disabilities |
|SUBJECT: |Long-term Care Manual, Chapter 6, Adult Protective Services (APS) and Adult Protective Services Automated System |
| |(APSAS) Manual Revisions |
|Purpose: |To inform staff of updates to Long-term Care Manual, Chapter 6, Adult Protective Services and the APSAS Manual. |
|Background: |The purpose of the APS Long-term Care Manual Chapter is to provide statewide policy and general procedures for |
| |the APS program. The APSAS Manual contains procedures that assist workers in using the APSAS System. |
| |Periodically, these need revision due to policy changes related to legislation, clarifications of existing |
| |information, etc. |
|What’s new, changed, or | |
|Clarified |Updates include: |
| | |
| |Incorporation of H10-004 Procedure, Home and Community Services Fatality Reviews; |
| |SSB 6202 change to RCW 74.34 requiring mandated reporters to report to coroners/medical examiners, in addition to|
| |the department and law enforcement, deaths suspected caused by abuse, neglect, or abandonment; |
| |Clarification regarding what reports/information APS intake enters into APSAS; |
| |Procedure to implement the RCS/APS/DOH Information Sharing Agreement; |
| |Removal of outdated information (e.g., administrative subpoena); |
| |Changes required by SSB 5042, e.g., blending of RCW 74.34.020 and .021; change in the financial exploitation |
| |definition; |
| |Clarification of the ‘case review’; |
| |Addition of the Home Care Referral Registry program; |
| |Change to authorizing APS state-only funded protective services; |
| |Update to the Declaration Form and translated into eight languages; |
| |Update to the Statutory Definitions Document related to perpetrator notification letters; |
| |Removed the requirement to make a paper file for cases closed No APS that have no supporting documentation; |
| |The ‘Victim Screen’ within APSAS has been amended to include waiver boxes that staff will need to mark if the |
| |alleged vulnerable adult is receiving waiver services. |
| |Updated the APS intranet website to include all forms found in the Long-Term Care Manual, Chapter 6, including |
| |translated forms. See . |
|ACTION: |Effective immediately, implement this updated version of the Long-Term Care Manual, Chapter 6, Adult |
| |Protective Services. |
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|Related | |
|REFERENCES: | |
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|ATTACHMENT(S): |Adult Protective Services Chapter that highlights changes: |
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| |Chapter Revision Sheet 48: |
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| |APSAS Manual (Update to ‘Victim Screen’ Only): |
| |[pic] |
|CONTACT(S): |Carol Sloan, APS Program Manager |
| |(360) 725-2345 |
| |Carol.Sloan@dshs. |
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