WAC 182-513-1320 Determining institutional status for long-term care (LTC) services.

WAC 182-513-1320 Determining institutional status for long-term care (LTC) services.

Effective February 17, 2017

  1. To attain institutional status outside a medical institution, a person must be approved for and receive:
    1. Home and community based (HCB) waiver services under chapter 182-515 WAC;
    2. Roads to community living (RCL) services under WAC 182-513-1235;
    3. Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) under WAC 182-513-1230;
    4. Hospice services under WAC 182-513-1240(3); or
    5. State-funded long-term care service under WAC 182-507-0125.
  2. To attain institutional status in a medical institution, a person must reside in a medical institution thirty consecutive days or more, or based on a department assessment, be likely to reside in a medical institution thirty consecutive days or more.
  3. Once a person meets institutional status, the person's status is not affected if the person:
    1. Transfers between medical facilities; or
    2. Changes between any of the following programs: HCB waiver, RCL, PACE, hospice or services in a medical institution.
  4. A person loses institutional status if the person is absent from a medical institution, or does not receive HCB waiver, RCL, PACE, or hospice services, for more than twenty-nine consecutive days.

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