To allow people or entities to provide personal care, special care, room, and board to more than one but not more than six adults not related to the caregiver. Change in law in 2020 allows homes to increase to eight licensed beds after meeting specific criteria.
Submit the completed/signed application (online), required application materials, and the application fee.
60 days or more.
$2,750 - Initial / relocation application
$700 - Change of ownership
$225 - Per bed annual license (Eff. Jul. 1, 2015)
$455 - Increase in license capacity to eight beds
None. Annual license fee required.
To promote the safety and well-being of assisted living facility residents to specific standards for assisted living facility operators. To also further establish requirements for the operation of assisted living facilities.
Submit the completed/signed application, required application materials, and the application fee multiplied by the number of beds to be licensed in the facility. Assisted Living Facility website
Four to six months
$116 - Annual fee per licensed bed
Application fee is based on bed count
Annual
To certify provision of supports and services to clients with developmental disabilities in community residential settings. Clients live in their own homes with one to three others and receive instruction and supported from contracted service providers. Individuals pays for their own rent, food, and other personal expenses.
Submit the completed/signed application and materials.
60 days or more.
$859 - Certification per client begins FY 2021
Regular certification for up to two years. Extend for an additional period up to 180 days.
To allow entities to operate a facility specifically designed to provide behavioral health clients who are discharged from hospital settings (Western and Eastern State Hospitals, and acute and psychiatric hospitals). The goal is to provide services for clients whose behavioral needs exceed those found in traditional residential settings.
Submit the completed/signed application and the application materials.
Four to 12 months.
$1,040 - Per licensed bed
Annual
To allow persons or entities to operate certified Medicare and/or Medicaid Intermediate Care Facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. An institution providing active treatment serving four or more beds for people with intellectual disabilities or related conditions. (No state licensure except for those licensed as nursing homes).
Contact the Business Analysis and Applications Unit at P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504, or by phone at 360-725-2420.
Submit the completed/signed application and the application materials.
Not applicable since applications haven't been submitted for more than 25 years.
None
None
To allow individuals or entities to operate a nursing home. A business operating or maintaining facilities providing convalescent and/or chronic care for over twenty-four consecutive hours, for three or more patients not related by blood or marriage to the operator, who are unable to properly care for themselves.
Submit the completed/signed application and the application materials.
90 days
$359 - Annual fee per licensed bed
Application fee is also based on bed count.
Annual
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