WAC 388-825-091. Am I eligible for residential habilitation center (RHC) services?

(1) If you are twenty-one years of age or over, you are eligible to receive residential habilitation center (RHC) services if: (a) You have been determined to meet DDA eligibility criteria; (b) You choose to receive services in the RHC; (c) DDA has determined that you can be supported safely in an RHC environment and will not pose a danger to other residents of the RHC; and (d) You need the level of care provided at the RHC, which is either: (i) Nursing facility level of care under WAC 388-106-0355 for a client admitted to, or seeking admission to, a state-operated nursing facility; or (ii) Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID) level of care under WAC 388-828-1020 for a client admitted to, or seeking admission to, a state-operated ICF/IID. (2) If you are sixteen through twenty years of age, and meet (1)(a) through (d) above you may not be admitted to receive services at a residential habilitation center unless there are no service options available in the community to appropriately meet your needs. Such admission is limited to the provision of short-term respite or crisis stabilization services. (3) If you are under age sixteen you are not eligible to receive services at a residential habilitation center. (4) Admission to a nursing facility at a RHC also requires completion of preadmission screening and resident review (PASRR) requirements as described in chapter 388-97 WAC.