Wash. Admin. Code § 388-845-0500 – What is positive behavior support and consultation?

(1) Positive behavior support and consultation is a service available only on the community protection waiver. Effective September 1, 2022, this service is no longer available on any other waiver.
(2) Positive behavior support and consultation includes the development and implementation of programs designed to support waiver participants using:
1. (a) Individualized strategies for effectively relating to caregivers and other people in the waiver participant's life; and
2. (b) Direct interventions with the person to decrease aggressive, destructive, and sexually inappropriate or other behaviors that compromise their ability to remain in the community (i.e., training, specialized cognitive counseling, conducting a functional assessment, and development and implementation of a positive behavior support plan).
(3) Effective September 1, 2022, positive behavior support and consultation is available to a community protection waiver participant if the participant:
1. (a) Is currently authorized to receive positive behavior support and consultation; and
2. (b) Is receiving positive behavior support and consultation for the sexual aggression, arson, or assaultive behaviors that make the participant eligible for the community protection waiver.
(4) Effective September 1, 2022, a community protection participant currently receiving positive behavior support and consultation shall only be eligible for that service until the end of their waiver year.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, and 42 C.F.R. 441.301 (c)(6). WSR 23-18-035, § 388-845-0500, filed 8/29/23, effective 9/29/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 71A.12.120. WSR 21-19-108, § 388-845-0500, filed 9/20/21, effective 10/21/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, 42 C.F.R. 441 Subpart G. WSR 18-14-001, § 388-845-0500, filed 6/20/18, effective 7/21/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 2012 c 49. WSR 13-24-045, § 388-845-0500, filed 11/26/13, effective 1/1/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 74.08.090 and 2012 c 49. WSR 13-04-005, § 388-845-0500, filed 1/24/13, effective 2/24/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, 2009 c 194, and 2008 c 329 § 205 (1)(i), and Title 71A RCW. WSR 10-22-088, § 388-845-0500, filed 11/1/10, effective 12/2/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.12 [ 71A.12.120] and chapter 71A.12 RCW. WSR 06-01-024, § 388-845-0500, filed 12/13/05, effective 1/13/06.]