Washington Code 71A.12.070 – Payments under RCW 71A.12.060 supplemental to payments from other resources — Direct payments
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All payments made by the secretary under RCW 71A.12.060 shall, insofar as reasonably possible, be supplementary to payments to be made for the costs of care, support, and training in a community residential program by the estate of such resident of the residential habilitation center, or from any resource which such resident may have, or become entitled to, from any public, federal, or state agency. Payments by the secretary under this title may, in the secretary’s discretion, be paid directly to community residential programs, or to counties having created developmental disability boards under chapter 71A.14 RCW.
[ 1988 c 176 § 207.]
Terms Used In Washington Code 71A.12.070
- Developmental disability: means a disability attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or another neurological or other condition of an individual found by the secretary to be closely related to an intellectual disability or to require treatment similar to that required for individuals with intellectual disabilities, which disability originates before the individual attains age eighteen, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely, and which constitutes a substantial limitation to the individual. See Washington Code 71A.10.020
- Residential habilitation center: means a state-operated facility for persons with developmental disabilities governed by chapter 71A. See Washington Code 71A.10.020
- Secretary: means the secretary of social and health services or the secretary's designee. See Washington Code 71A.10.020