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Requires the department to examine whether establishing payment rates based on geographic location affects provider and staff turnover.
This plan describes the schedule and costs of continuing development of the case management system needed for DDD.
Recommendation 1 appropriately recognizes assessment as one of the major elements of a comprehensive case management information system. It recognizes that the business requirements of Recommendation 1 and 2 cannot be developed in isolation from each other. In addition, this response addresses issues that were raised by JLARC in this and other audits and concerns expressed in the Sterling Report commissioned by DSHS to review DDD practices and in the Centers for Medical and Medicaid Services Review of July 2002
Requires the department to report to the appropriate committees of the legislature, within 45 days following each fiscal year quarter, the number of persons served with these additional community services, where they were residing, what kinds of services they were receiving prior to placement, and the actual expenditures for all community services to support these clients.
(REPORTING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET)
During the 2002 legislation session, the Legislature directed Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee - JLARC to conduct a review of the five Residential Habilitation Centers - RHCs serving individuals with developmental disabilities, operated by the department. The purpose of the review was to investigate the possible alternative uses of the land and facilities currently used by RHCs.