RCW 74.39A.086
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(1)The department shall take appropriate enforcement action related to the contract of a consumer directed employer or a licensed or certified private agency or facility that provides long-term care services and knowingly employs a long-term care worker who is not a certified home care aide as required under chapter 18.88B RCW or, if exempted from certification under RCW 18.88B.041 , who has not completed his or her required training under RCW 74.39A.074 .
(2)The department shall deny payment to individual providers who provided services under a contract with the department if they have been notified that they are no longer permitted to work because they:
(a)Were not certified as home care aides as required under chapter 18.88B RCW; or
(b)Had not completed the training required under RCW 74.39A.074 .
(3)The department may terminate the contract of any individual provider under contract with the department who:
(a)Is not certified as a home care aide as required under chapter 18.88B RCW; or
(b)Has not completed the training required under RCW 74.39A.074 .
(4)Chapter 34.05 RCW shall govern actions by the department under this section.
(5)The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.
[ 2018 c 278 s 10 ; 2012 c 164 s 602 ; 2012 c 1 s 109 (Initiative Measure No. 1163, approved November 8, 2011).]
Notes:
Findings — Intent — 2018 c 278: See note following RCW 74.39A.500 .
Finding — Intent — Rules — Effective date — 2012 c 164: See notes following RCW 18.88B.010 .
Intent — Findings — Performance audits — Spending limits — Contingent effective dates — Application — Construction — Effective date — Short title — 2012 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 1163): See notes following RCW 74.39A.056 .