Treatment of entrance fees for people residing in continuing care or life care communities

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Purpose statement

Treatment of entrance fees in a continuing care retirement community or life care community is considered a resource available to the client in certain conditions.

WAC 182-513-1396 People living in a fraternal, religious, or benevolent nursing facility.

WAC 182-513-1396 People living in a fraternal, religious, or benevolent nursing facility.

Effective February 20, 2017

  1. The agency or its designee determines apple health coverage under noninstitutional rules for a person who meets all other eligibility requirements and lives in a licensed, but nonmedicaid-contracted facility operated by a fraternal, religious, or benevolent organization.
  2. Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prevents the agency or its designee from evaluating contracts with facilities not described in subsection (1) of this section.

This is a reprint of the official rule as published by the Office of the Code Reviser. If there are previous versions of this rule, they can be found using the Legislative Search page.

WAC 182-513-1397 Treatment of entrance fees for people residing in a continuing care retirement community or a life care community.

WAC 182-513-1397 Treatment of entrance fees for people residing in a continuing care retirement community or a life care community.

Effective February 17, 2017

  1. A person's entrance fee in a continuing care retirement community or life care community is an available resource to the person, to the extent that:
    1. The person has the ability to use the entrance fee, or the contract provides that the entrance fee may be used, to pay for care should other resources or income of the person be insufficient to pay for care;
    2. The person is eligible for a refund of any remaining entrance fee when the person dies or when the person terminates the continuing care retirement community or life care community contract and leaves the community; and
    3. The entrance fee does not confer an ownership interest in the continuing care retirement community or life care community.
  2. Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prevents the agency or its designee from evaluating contracts with facilities not described in subsection (1) of this section.

This is a reprint of the official rule as published by the Office of the Code Reviser. If there are previous versions of this rule, they can be found using the Legislative Search page.

Clarifying information

Residents of continuing care retirement or life care communities, fraternal, religious, or benevolent nursing facilities often sign life care contracts with the facility. These contracts offer institutional and/or medical care in exchange for the surrender of the client's income and resources. See WAC 182-513-1397 regarding the treatment of the entrance fee for individuals that reside in a continuing care retirement or life care community. An entrance fee is considered an available resource based on the criteria in this WAC.

Worker responsibilities

  1. If the client signed a contract for life care, consider the following to determine if adequate consideration was received when assets were transferred to the facility:
    1. The amount of the client's assets surrendered under the contract
    2. The client's cost of care up to the date of application for LTC services
  2. Follow the required equal access procedures described in WAC 182-503-0120 when appropriate.

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