Policy Manual

Table of Contents

Ch.1 | Ch.2 | Ch.3 | Ch.4 | Ch.5 | Ch.6 | Ch.7 | Ch.8 | Ch.9 | Ch.10 | Ch.11 | Ch.12 | Ch.13 | Ch.14 | Ch.15 | Ch.16 | Ch. 17 | Policy Archives

CH.1 INTRODUCTION
1.01 PDF Policy Manual Management System  (04/25/2013)
     
CH. 2 ORGANIZATION
2.01   Rescinded 11-16-2005
2.02 PDF Attorney General Advice and Representation    (12/1/2015)
  PDF Request For Legal Advice Form (Updated 01/01/2009)
  PDF Information Sheet Regarding Defense of Tort Lawsuits Against State Employees (Updated 01/01/2009)
  PDF Request For Individual Defense By The Attorney General (Updated 01/01/2009)
     
CH. 3 SERVICE PLANNING
3.01 PDF Service Plans (06/01/2012)
3.02 PDF Inter-Regional Service Planning and Transfer  (3/1/2015)
3.03   Rescinded 05/31/2007
3.04   Rescinded 05/15/2022
     
CH. 4 PROGRAM SERVICES
4.01   Rescinded 05/15/2022
4.02 PDF Community Residential Services: Referral, Acceptance, and Change In Residential Provider (02/26/2021)
4.03 PDF Enhanced Respite Services for Children (12/15/2017)
4.04 PDF Medically Intensive Children's Program (MICP)    (12/15/2018)
4.05   Rescinded 01/15/2016
4.06 PDF Children’s Intensive In-Home Behavioral Support Program (10/01/2020)
4.07 PDF Intensive Habilitation Services for Children (02/01/2021)
4.08 PDF Referral, Monitoring, and Quality Improvement of Adult Family Home Services (6/1/2017)
4.09 PDF Alternative Living  (12/15/2022)
4.10 PDF Request for Out-of-Home Services (10/15/2021)
4.11 PDF County Services for Working Age Adults (01/01/2023)
4.12 PDF Companion Homes (05/01/2022)
4.13 PDF Individual and Family Services Waiver (12/1/2015)
4.14 PDF Community Engagement Services (10/01/2020)
4.15 PDF Overnight Planned Respite Services (05/01/2020)
4.16 PDF Adult Family Homes - Meaningful Day (07/01/2021)
4.17 PDF Enhanced Case Management Program (1/1/2023)
4.18 PDF Environmental Adaptations (01/01/2020)
4.19 PDF Staff and Family Consultation (10/01/2020)
4.20 PDF Specialized Habilitation (10/01/2020)
4.21 PDF Children’s Out-Of-Home Services: Referral, Acceptance, and Change In Provider (09/15/2021)
4.24 PDF Client Critical Case Protocol (02/26/2021)
4.25 PDF Stabilization, Assessment and Intervention Facility (07/15/2022)
     
CH. 5 CLIENT RIGHTS
5.01 PDF Background Check Authorizations (10/01/2021)
5.02 PDF Necessary Supplemental Accommodation (02/15/2018)
5.03 PDF Client Complaints (07/01/2022)
5.04 PDF Access to Education for School Age Children in Residential Habilitation Centers (RHCs) (6/1/2017)
5.05 PDF Limited English Proficient (LEP) Clients  (07/15/2013)
5.06 PDF Client Rights (07/15/13)
5.07 PDF Planned Action Notices (06/01/2015)
5.08 PDF Individual Instruction and Support Plan and Risk Summary (07/01/2021)
5.09   Rescinded 11/06/2002
5.10 PDF Human Rights Committee (HRC)  (03/01/2016)
5.11   Restraints (01/03/2012) Rescinded 03/15/2020
5.12   Not assigned
5.13 PDF Protection from Abuse:  Mandatory Reporting (08/01/2015)
5.14 PDF Positive Behavior Support Principles (07/01/2021)
5.15 PDF Restrictive Procedures: Community (7/1/2021)
5.16 PDF Psychotropic Medications (05/01/2022)
5.17 PDF Physical Intervention Techniques (11/15/2021)
5.18 PDF Cross System Crisis Plans (09/01/2014)
5.19 PDF Positive Behavior Support for Children and Youth (11/15/2014)
5.20 PDF Restrictive Procedures and Physical Interventions with Children and Youth (11/15/2014)
5.21 PDF Functional Assessments and Positive Behavior Support Plans (07/01/2021)
5.22 PDF Restrictive Procedures and Restraints  (05/15/2021) (CORRECTED 08/17/2021)
5.23 PDF Functional Assessments and Positive Behavior Support Plans: Employment and Day Program Services (01/01/2020)
5.24 PDF Functional Assessments and Positive Behavior Support Plans: RHCs (05/01/2021)
     
CH. 6 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
6.01 PDF Rescinded 5/1/2016
6.02 PDF Rates and Other Covered Costs for Supported Living, Group Training Homes, and Group Homes (06/15/2022)
6.03   Rescinded (08/29/2019)
6.04 PDF Billing, Payment, and Cost Reporting for Supported Living, Group Training Homes, and Group Homes (07/01/2021)
6.05   Rescinded (02/08/2023)
6.06 PDF Client Responsibility (02/01/2022)
6.07 PDF Possession of Weapons in DDA Funded Community Residential Programs (07/01/2019)
6.08 PDF Incident Management and Reporting Requirements for County and County-Contracted Providers (08/15/2021)
6.09 PDF Supporting End of Life Decisions for Clients Receiving Residential Services (07/01/2021)
6.10   Rescinded 6/1/2017
6.11 PDF Residential Allowance Requests (07/01/2021)
6.12 PDF Incident Management and Reporting Requirements for Residential Service Providers  (7/1/2021)
6.13 PDF Provider Qualifications for Employment and Day Program Services (01/01/2023)
6.14 PDF Program Development Contracts (11/15/2020)
6.15 PDF Nurse Delegation Services (12/15/2021)
6.16   Rescinded 07/01/2015
6.17   Rescinded 09/05/2018
     
6.18   Rescinded 07/01/2015
6.19 PDF Residential Medication Management (7/1/2021)
6.20 PDF State Operated Living Alternatives (SOLA) Reimbursement (07/01/2011)
6.21 PDF Provider Qualifications for Individualized Technical Assistance (01/01/2023)
6.22 PDF Rate Establishment, Billing, and Payment for Staffed Residential Programs (08/15/2022)
6.23 PDF Application and Certification for Supported Living, Group Training Homes, and Group Homes (10/01/2018)
     
CH. 7 MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
7.01   Rescinded 05/12/2010
7.02   Rescinded 05/12/2010
7.03 PDF Informed Consent   (07/01/2021)
7.04   Rescinded 02/06/2006
7.05 PDF Mortality Reviews (01/01/2019)
     
CH. 8 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
8.01   Rescinded 05/26/1998 and 6/30/2005
8.02   Rescinded 6/30/2005
8.03   Rescinded 05/26/1998
8.04   Not Assigned
8.05   Rescinded 05/26/1998
8.06 PDF Telework for DDA Employees (04/01/2019)
     
CH. 9 HEALTH
9.01   Rescinded 09/19/2017
9.02 PDF Psychotropic Medications: ICF/IID and State-Operated Nursing Facility (02/24/2020)
9.03 PDF Employee Protection from Bloodborne Pathogens   (01/15/2020)
9.04   Rescinded 10/15/2016
9.05 PDF Protocol for Responding to Incidents Involving Sexual Assault (04/25/2013)
9.06 PDF Health Services: Residential Habilitation Centers      (01/15/2020)
9.07   Rescinded 06/15/2018
9.08 PDF Consent for Medical Treatment Affecting Reproductive Functions (03/12/2020)
9.09 PDF Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in the Workplace  (12/01/2017)
9.10 PDF Client Autopsy (11/01/2017)
9.11 PDF Self-Directed Health Care Tasks   (12/01/2022)
9.12 PDF Sedation Administration and Management (04/15/2019)
9.13 PDF Skin Observation Protocol (05/01/2022)
     
CH. 10 FACILITY MANAGEMENT
10.01 PDF Control of Fixed Assets   (12/1/2015)
10.02 PDF Use of Public Resources or Facilities for Political Activities (12/1/2015)
10.03   Rescinded 01/31/2001
10.04   Rescinded 01/31/2001
     
CH. 11 ELIGIBILITY
11.01 PDF Intake and Eligibility Determination (12/15/2019)
11.02 PDF Administration of the ICAP (Inventory of Client and Agency Planning) (12/1/2015)
11.03 PDF Medicaid Fraud Reporting and Payment Suspension (4/15/2017)
11.04 PDF Determining Another Neurological or Other Condition Similar to Intellectual Disability (9/15/2015)
11.05 PDF Use and Monitoring of Social Service Payment Systems (5/1/2016)
11.06 PDF Client and Provider Overpayments (03/01/2022)
     
CH. 12 INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
12.01 PDF Incident Reporting and Management for DDA Employees (01/01/2023)
12.02 PDF RHC Incident Investigations (12/01/2022)
12.03 PDF SOCR Critical Incident Investigations (03/01/2023)
   
CH. 13 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
13.01 PDF Public Disclosure of Records and Safeguarding of Confidential Information (12/1/2015)
13.02   Rescinded 09/05/2000
13.03   Rescinded 5/25/2004
13.04 PDF DRW Access to Client Records Maintained by DDA   (11/1/2013)
13.05 PDF Fees Charged for Client Records (09/04/2012)
13.06 PDF DSHS Issued Electronic Devices (06/01/2021)
     
CH. 14 SAFETY
14.01 PDF Environmental Safety (09/04/2012)
14.02 PDF Supervision Status for RHC Clients During Community and Off Campus Activities (09/04/2012)
14.03 PDF Conducting Home Visits and Viewing a Client’s Living Quarters  (02/01/2023)
     
CH. 15 COMMUNITY PROTECTION
15.01 PDF Community Protection Program Identification and Eligibility   (11/01/2019)
15.02 PDF Community Protection Program Services   (11/01/2019)
15.03 PDF Community Protection Standards for Employment Program Services (7/1/2019)
15.04 PDF Standards for Community Protection Residential Services (11/01/2021)
15.05 PDF Community Protection Program Exit Criteria (7/1/2019)
15.06 PDF Offender Re-Entry Community Safety (ORCS) Program (01/15/2019) 
     
CH. 16 PREADMISSION SCREENING AND RESIDENT REVIEW PROGRAM (PASRR)
16.01 PDF Responding to Preadmission Screening and Resident Review Program (PASRR) Referrals (3/1/2016)
16.02 PDF PASRR Communications Protocol (6/16/2017)
16.03 PDF PASRR Monthly Meetings (05/15/2019)
16.04 PDF PASRR Medical Consultation (6/16/2017)
16.05 PDF Post-PASRR Level II Follow-Up (6/16/2017)
ATTACHMENT: Level II Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Follow-Up Form
16.06 PDF Referring PASRR Clients for Community Transition (6/16/2017)
16.07 PDF Planned Action Notices for PASRR (6/16/2017)
16.08 PDF PASRR Screener Tracking (6/16/2017)
     
CH. 17 Residential Habilitation Centers (RHC)
17.01 PDF Supporting End-of-Life Decisions in Residential Habilitation Centers (06/15/2018)
17.02 PDF RHC Admissions for Intermediate Care and Nursing Facility Services (01/19/2023)
17.03 PDF Residential Habilitation Center Quality Management System Corrective Action (4/15/2017)
17.04 PDF Governing Body (08/15/2022)
17.05 PDF Planned Respite Provided by a Nursing Facility at an RHC (10/15/2022)

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