AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
December 23, 1999
AASA: BH #99-029
SUBJECT: RATE INCREASE AND RURAL TRAINING TUITION CHANGE
Dear Boarding Home Provider:
This is to provide you with information on residential care rate
increases authorized by the Legislature to become effective January 1,
2000. The purpose of these increases is to raise staff wages in these residential
care settings to a minimum of $6.50 per hour statewide and to fund a tuition
increase for
caregiving training in rural areas. These rate increases affect Assisted
Living, Adult Residential Care, Enhanced Adult Residential Care and Adult
Family Home services.
The legislative intent is to increase access to several types of training, including Fundamentals of Caregiving, Modified Fundamentals of Caregiving, and Nurse Delegation for Nursing Assistants. To do this, the educators in rural counties are allowed to increase tuition to a maximum of $5.00 per student hour for these training sessions, from the $4.08 an hour they are currently allowed to charge. This additional tuition is to provide for the smaller class sizes experienced in rural areas of our state.
To fund these increases, residential care rates will be adjusted from July 1, 1999 levels as listed below.
| Assisted Living | July 1, 1999 | January 1, 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| (Without Capital Add-On) |
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| Level One (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$51.00/Day | $51.04/Day |
| Level Two (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$56.57/Day | $56.61/Day |
| Level Three (Rural/Non-MSA) | $62.34/Day | $62.38/Day |
(With Capital Add-On) |
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| Level One (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$55.43/Day | $55.47/Day |
| Level Two (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$61.00/Day | $61.04/Day |
| Level Three (Rural/Non-MSA) | $66.77/Day | $66.81/Day |
| Adult Residential Care: | July 1, 1999 | January 1, 2000 |
| Room and Boarding (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$23.78/Day | $23.81/Day |
| Personal Care Add-On Hours (statewide) | $ 6.12/Hr | $ 6.50/Hr |
| Enhanced Adult Residential Care: | July 1, 1999 | January 1, 2000 |
| Total Service Rate (Urban/MSA) |
$38.63/Day | $39.01/Day |
| Total Service Rate (Rural/Non-MSA) | $38.63/Day | $39.04/Day |
Adult Family Home: |
July 1, 1999 | January 1, 2000 |
| Room and Board (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$472.68/Mo | $474.50/Mo |
| Personal Care Add-On Hours (statewide) |
$ 6.30/Hr | $ 6.50/Hr |
| COPES AFH Service (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$ 40.38/Day | $ 41.58/Day |
| Levels One & Two (Rural/Non-MSA) |
$ 42.98/Day | $ 44.18/Day |
| Level Three (Rural/Non-MSA) | $ 49.84/Day | $ 51.24/Day |
Rural / Non-MSA counties
The following counties are considered rural:
Adams, Ferry, Klickitat, San Juan, Asotin, Garfield, Lewis, Skagit, Chelan, Grant, Lincoln, Skamania, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Mason, Stevens, Columbia, Jefferson, Okanogan, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Kitsap, Pacific, Walla Walla, Douglas, Kittitas, Pend Oreille, Whitman
Urban/MSA counties
All other counties.
Sincerely,
Kathy Leitch, Director
Home and Community Services
Patricia Lashway, Director
Residential Care Services
Denise Gaither,
Director
Management Services
cc: Dick Rosage, Maria Hug, Marta Acedo
