Wash. Admin. Code § 110-50-0920
"Caseworkers" means the agency workers assigned to the children or youth through the department or another government agency, including tribal governments.
"Child placing agency (CPA)" means agencies or tribes licensed to place children or youth for foster care or adoption and may be contracted by the department to provide professional therapeutic foster care (PTFC) services.
"Children" or "youth" means individuals who are placed by the department and younger than 18 years old.
"Department" means the Washington state department of children, youth, and families.
"Emergency medical expenses" means the initial medical treatment expenses incurred immediately following an occurrence that are required for emergent care and diagnosis for the caregivers, their household members, or animals.
"Extended foster care" means the same as defined in RCW 74.13.020.
"Foster homes" or "foster parents" means individuals licensed through chapter 110-148 WAC to regularly provide 24-hour care in their home to children or youth.
"Group care" is a general term for a licensed facility that is maintained and operated for a group of children on a 24-hour basis to provide a safe and healthy living environment that meets the developmental needs of the children in care, per RCW 74.15.020 (1)(f).
"Licensed caregivers" means individuals licensed to regularly provide 24-hour care in their home to children or youth, including:
(b) Licensed kinship caregivers licensed as outlined in chapter 110-149 WAC.
"Licensed kinship care" or "licensed kinship caregivers" means individuals licensed through chapter 110-149 WAC to regularly provide 24-hour care in their home to children or youth.
"Occurrence" means the calendar date when an act by a child or youth in an approved department placement or while receiving respite in a licensed foster home caused the damages reported in the claim that include:
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031 and 74.14B.080. WSR 26-09-128, s 110-50-0920, filed 4/21/26, effective 5/22/26. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-50-0920, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-25-0310, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]