ALTSA Provider/Administrator Letters
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| Provider Type | Letter | Date | Subject | Status(desc) | Notes | ||
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| ICFIID | 025-004 | 03/28/2025 | Update to RCS Staff Mask Wearing in LTC Settings During Respiratory Illness Season | Current | |||
| AFH | 020-050 | 10/08/2020 | On-the-Job Training for Home Care Aides | Current | |||
| CCRSS | 013-004 | 08/05/2013 | CR 101 Filed to Add/Amend Sections of Chapter 388-101 WAC | Current | |||
| AFH | 023-004 | 02/17/2023 | Third CR-103E Extension Filed for Emergency Rules Regulating Timelines for Completing Certain Resident Assessments | Current | |||
| ESF | 020-027 | 08/06/2020 | Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.1 Face Coverings – Statewide | Current | |||
| NH | 024-037 | 08/09/2024 | As of July 1, 2024, CMS Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Replaced Resource Utilization Group (RUG) Methodology to Determine Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessment Accuracy | Current | |||
| ALF | 021-060 | 10/29/2021 | Personal Care Services Survey | Current | |||
| NH | 018-023 | 09/21/2018 | Background Check Processing Delays | Current | |||
| NH | 021-049 | 06/25/2021 | LTC Facilities to Follow Safe Start Plans Beyond June 30, 2021 | Current | |||
| AFH | 015-013 | 06/29/2015 | Implementing Federal Home & Community Based Settings (HCBS) Rules | Current | |||
| NH | 016-023 | 08/09/2016 | Exception to 24 Hour R.N. Staffing Requirement | Current | |||
| ICFIID | 025-009 | 07/18/2025 | QSO-25-19-ALL, Release of CMS-2567: Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction | Current | |||
| CCRSS | 020-047 | 12/02/2020 | Rapid Response Short-Term Crisis Staffing | Current | |||
| ICFIID | 022-007 | 03/04/2022 | Safe Start for Long-Term Care Plans Replace with Long-Term Care COVID Response Plans | Current | |||
| ALF | 024-002 | 01/22/2024 | Updates to Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 Outbreak Definition and Outbreak Reporting Requirements | Current |
Amended July 22, 2025 |
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| CCRSS | 024-035 | 12/06/2024 | Updated: Investigation and Referral process for Allegations Unrelated to Physical or Sexual Abuse | Current | |||
| NH | 019-023 | 10/11/2019 | Authorized Use of the Background Check System (BCS) | Current | |||
| NH | 017-017 | 06/21/2017 | S&C 17-30-NH: Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases & Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD) | Current | |||
| CCRSS | 021-004 | 01/28/2021 | COVID-19 Proclamations Extended under SCR 8402 | Current | |||
| ALF | 020-036 | 08/06/2020 | Point Prevalence COVID-19 Testing | Current | |||
| NH | 013-010 | 06/13/2013 | 2013 Legislation: SSB 5148 – Medication Access for Uninsured | Current | |||
| AFH | 022-045 | 09/29/2022 | Residential Care Services Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Program | Current | |||
| AFH | 020-024 | 05/26/2020 | Proposed Amendments to Chapter 388-76 WAC, AFH Minimum Licensing Requirements | Current |
Amended July 1, 2020 |
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| AFH | 022-0-29 | 07/08/2022 | Proposed Amendments to Chapters 388-76, 388-78A, 388-97, and 388-107 to Reinstate Inspection Schedules | Current | |||
| AFH | 024-021 | 05/10/2024 | Implementation of Passed Legislation ESHB 2347: AFH – DSHS – Information on Website | Current |