Fortress.wa.gov
STATE OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Aging and Long-Term Support Administration
Home and Community Services Division
PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600
H17- 021 – Policy and Procedure
March 23, 2017
|TO: |Home and Community Services (HCS) Division Regional Administrators |
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| |Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Directors |
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| |Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) Regional Administrators |
|FROM: |Bea Rector, Director, Home and Community Services Division |
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| |Don Clintsman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Developmental Disabilities Administration |
|SUBJECT: |Revisions to Long-Term Care (LTC) Manual Chapter 7 |
|Purpose: |To announce the release of the latest updates to LTC Manual |
| |Chapter 7 |
|Background: |Changes to the manual Chapter 7, 7b, 7c, 7d, and 7h |
|What’s new, changed, or |A brief list of changes include, but not limited to: |
|Clarified: | |
| |Chapter 7: Intro |
| |Appendices were removed and added to new section, 7h – Appendices |
| |Hyperlinks were fixed |
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| |Chapter 7b: Community First Choice |
| |Information related to RSN funding of personal care services was updated and moved into new section, 7h – |
| |Appendices |
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| |Chapter 7c: Medicaid Personal Care |
| |Updated Program manager contact information |
| |Reference added to direct case management staff to new section, 7h – Appendices, in order to review updated |
| |process for RSN funding of personal care services |
| |Policy directives were updated for clients requesting to receive personal care services while temporarily outside|
| |of Washington State |
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| |Chapter 7d: COPES |
| |Deleted home health aide from list of available services |
| |Added information related to use of form 27-147, Housing Modification Property Release Agreement, when |
| |environmental modifications are made to a home rented by the client |
| |Limit for environmental modifications without local approved ETR was increased from $431.27 to $700.00 |
| |Added service code for client training related behavior management/consultation as per MB H17-001 |
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| |Chapter 7h: Appendices |
| |This is a new section to Chapter 7 |
| |It includes the following appendices that were in Chapter 7 Intro: |
| |Coordination with DDA |
| |Estate Recovery |
| |Resources |
| |NGMA |
| |The following new appendices were added: |
| |On-going Additional Resources (OAR) |
| |Clients with a Diagnosed Psychiatric Condition Who Receive Personal Care Services |
| |This is the updated policy information related to what was formerly known as “RSN” funding for clients who were |
| |RSN enrolled |
|ACTION: |Begin using the revised LTC Manual Chapter policies and procedures. |
|ATTACHMENT(S): |Chapter 7, Intro; Chapter 7b, CFC; Chapter 7c, MPC; Chapter 7d, COPES; Chapter 7h, Appendices |
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|CONTACT(S): |Jamie Tong, HCS COPES/MPC Program Manager |
| |360-725-3293 |
| |Jamie.Tong@dshs. |
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| |Jacqueine Echols, CFC Program Manager |
| |360-725-3216 |
| |Jacqueine.Echols@dshs. |
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| |Jaime Bond, DDA State Plan Services Unit Manager |
| |360-407-1567 |
| |Jaime.Bond@dshs. |
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