Title 71A — Title 71A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
10 chapters · 114 sections in this title.
RCW 71A.14.010 Coordinated and comprehensive state and local program.
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The legislative policy to provide a coordinated and comprehensive state and local program of services for persons with developmental disability is expressed in RCW 71A.12.010.[ 1988 c 176 s 301.]
RCW 71A.14.020 County developmental disability boards—Composition—Expenses.
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(1) The county governing authority of any county may appoint a developmental disability board to plan services for persons with developmental disabilities, to provide directly or indirectly a continuum of care and services to persons with developmental disabilities within the cou…
RCW 71A.14.030 County authorities—State fund eligibility—Rules—Application.
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Pursuant to RCW 71A.14.040 the secretary shall work with the county governing authorities and developmental disability boards who apply for state funds to coordinate and provide local services for persons with developmental disabilities and their families. The secretary is author…
RCW 71A.14.040 Applications for state funds—Review—Approval—Rules.
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The secretary shall review the applications from the county governing authority made under RCW 71A.14.030. The secretary may approve an application if it meets the requirements of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the secretary. The secretary shall promulgate rules to ass…
RCW 71A.14.050 Services to community may be required.
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The department may require by rule that in order to be eligible for state funds, the county and the developmental disability board shall provide the following indirect services to the community:(1) Serve as an informational and referral agency within the community for persons wit…
RCW 71A.14.060 Local authority to provide services.
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The secretary by rule may authorize the county and the developmental disability board to provide any service for persons with developmental disabilities that the department is authorized to provide, except for operating residential habilitation centers under chapter 71A.20 RCW.[ …
RCW 71A.14.070 Confidentiality of information—Oath.
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In order for the developmental disability board to plan, coordinate, and provide required services for persons with developmental disabilities, the county governing authority and the board shall be eligible to obtain such confidential information from public or private schools an…
RCW 71A.14.080 Local authority to receive and spend funds.
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The county governing authority and the developmental disability board created under RCW 71A.14.020 are authorized to receive and spend funds received from the state under this chapter, or any federal funds received through any state agency, or any gifts or donations received by i…
RCW 71A.14.090 Local authority to participate in federal programs.
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RCW 71A.12.120 authorizes local governments to participate in federal programs for persons with developmental disabilities.[ 1988 c 176 s 309.]
RCW 71A.14.100 Funds from tax levy under RCW 71.20.110.
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Counties are authorized by RCW 71.20.110 to fund county activities under this chapter. Expenditures of county funds under this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 36.40 RCW and other statutes relating to expenditures by counties.[ 1988 c 176 s 310.]
RCW 71A.14.110 Contracts by boundary counties or cities in boundary counties.
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Any county or city within a county either of which is situated on the state boundaries is authorized to contract for developmental disability services with a county situated in either the states of Oregon or Idaho, which county is located on boundaries with the state of Washingto…
RCW 71A.14.120 Parent to parent program—Goals.
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The goals of the parent to parent program are to:(1) Provide early outreach, support, and education to parents who have a child with special health care needs;(2) Match a trained volunteer support parent with a new parent who has a child with similar needs to the child of the sup…
RCW 71A.14.130 Parent to parent program—Activities.
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Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, activities of the parent to parent program may include:(1) Outreach and support to newly identified parents of children with special health care needs;(2) Trainings that educate parents in ways to suppor…
RCW 71A.14.140 Parent to parent program—Funding—Administration—Training.
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(1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the parent to parent program must be funded through the department and centrally administered through a pass-through to a Washington state lead organization that has extensive experience supporting a…