IMPORTANT NEWS: WA State Department of Health to show its commitment to people with developmental disabilities
In response to Disability Rights Washington’s recent complaint filed with the federal Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights Division (HHS), disability advocates from the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council and The Arc of Washington State met with representatives from the Washington State Department of Health and the Governor’s Office yesterday. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss concerns expressed in the DRW complaint and better understand language that appears in a document called “Scarce Resource Management & Crisis Standards of Care”.
Secretary John Wiesman participated in this call along with other representatives of his Department and these were the take-aways from that call.
· First and foremost, care rationing in our state is not occurring and all priorities are going toward preventing the use of any guidance when resources are scarce…