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WACs > Title 170 > Chapter 170-290 > Section 170-290-3565
170-290-3560
170-290-3566
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WAC 170-290-3565
Consumers' responsibilities.
When a person applies for or receives SCC program subsidies, the applicant or consumer must, as a condition of receiving those subsidies:
(1) Give DSHS correct and current information so that DSHS can determine the consumer's eligibility and authorize child care payments correctly;
(2) Choose a licensed or certified child care provider who meets requirements of WAC 170-292-3750;
(3) Leave the consumer's children with his or her provider while the consumer is in SCC approved activities outside of the consumer's home;
(4) Pay the provider for child care services when the consumer requests additional child care for personal reasons other than working or participating in SCC approved activities that have been authorized by DSHS;
(5) Pay the provider for optional child care programs for the child that the consumer requests. The provider must have a written policy in place charging all families for these optional child care programs;
(6) Pay the copayment directly to the child care provider or arrange for a third party to pay the copayment directly to the provider;
(7) In cases of overdue or past due copayments, the consumer, as a condition of maintaining his or her eligibility, must do one or more of the following:
(a) Pay past or overdue copayments;
(b) Give DSHS a written agreement between the provider and consumer to verify that copayment arrangements include one or more of the following:
(i) An installment payment plan;
(ii) A collection agency payment plan;
(iii) In-kind services in lieu of paying the copayment; or
(iv) Forgiveness of the copayment from the provider; or
(c) Provide proof that the consumer has attempted to pay a copayment to a licensed provider who is no longer in business or a license-exempt provider who is no longer providing child care. "Proof" includes, but is not limited to, a return receipt that was signed for and not responded to, or a returned document that was not picked up;
(8) Pay the provider the same late fees that are charged to other families, if the consumer pays a copayment late or picks up the child late;
(9) Document their child's attendance in subsidized child care by having the consumer or other person authorized by the consumer to take the child to or from child care:
(a) If the licensee uses a paper attendance record, sign the child in on arrival and sign the child out at departure, using their full signature and writing the time of arrival and departure; or
(b) Record the child's attendance using an electronic system if used by the licensee;
(10) Provide the information requested by the fraud early detection (FRED) investigator from the DSHS office of fraud and accountability (OFA). If the consumer refuses to provide the information requested within fourteen days, it could affect his or her SCC program subsidies. If DSHS determines a consumer is not cooperating by supplying the requested information, the consumer will not be eligible for SCC program subsidies. The consumer may become eligible again when he or she meets SCC program requirements in part III of this chapter;
(11) Ensure that their children who receive subsidized child care outside of their own home are current on all immunizations required under WAC 246-105-030, except when the parent or guardian provides:
(a) A department of health (DOH) medical exemption form signed by a health care professional; or
(b) A DOH form or similar statement signed by the child's parent or guardian expressing a religious, philosophical or personal objection to immunization.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.070, 43.215.060 and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 12-11-025, § 170-290-3565, filed 5/8/12, effective 6/8/12; WSR 11-12-078, § 170-290-3565, filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-3565, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.]
