WAC 388-460-0010
Do I have an authorized representative
for Basic Food if I live in a treatment center or group home? (1) If you live in a qualified DDD group home under WAC 388-408-0040, you may choose to apply for Basic Food benefits:
(a) On your own behalf;
(b) Through an authorized representative of your choice;
or
(c) Through the DDD group home acting as your authorized
representative.
(2) If you live in a qualified drug and alcohol treatment
center under WAC 388-408-0040, you must have an employee of
the facility as your authorized representative for Basic Food.
(3) The person acting as authorized representative for
residents in a qualified drug and alcohol treatment facility
or qualified DDD group home must:
(a) Be aware of the resident's circumstances;
(b) Notify the department of any changes in income,
resources or circumstances within ten days of the change;
(c) Use the resident's Basic Food benefits for meals
served to the resident; and
(d) Keep enough benefits in the facility's account to
transfer one-half of a client's monthly allotment to the
client's own account. If the client leaves the facility on or
before the fifteenth of the month, the facility must return
one half of the client's Basic Food allotment for that month.
(4) When a facility assigns an employee as the authorized
representative for residents, the facility accepts
responsibility for:
(a) Any misrepresentation or intentional program
violation; and
(b) Liability for Basic Food benefits held at the
facility on behalf of the resident.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057,
74.04.510. 03-22-038, § 388-460-0010, filed 10/28/03,
effective 12/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.510,
74.08.090, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and S. 825, Public Law
104-193, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996. 99-02-039, § 388-460-0010, filed
12/31/98, effective 1/31/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, §
388-460-0010, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]