Establishing a fee for certification for the residential services and supports program to cover investigative costs.
Summary
Requires providers of residential services and supports to Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Developmental Disabilities Administration clients to pay an annual certification fee beginning July 1, 2018.
Establishes that the fee amount may not exceed the DSHS costs to investigate complaints about provider practice issues and individuals alleged to have been abused or neglected, and that it must include the DSHS costs to reimburse providers for fees attributable to Medicaid clients.
Requires DSHS to use additional resources from the fees to address growth in their complaint workload and to intervene in a timely manner when abuse or neglect has occurred.
Renders the fee unenforceable if federal reimbursement is not available for fees paid by providers on behalf of Medicaid clients.
From the Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill Report (ESHB 1792), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not passDid not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate