GASPER v. DSHS

No. 33088-1-II.

129 P.3d 849 (2006)

132 Wash.App. 42

Venetta GASPER and Tommye Myers, Respondents. v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

March 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Turner Cobb, Atty Gen. Ofc., William Lee Williams, Attorney at Law, Michael Mackaman Young, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Appellants.

Amy Louise Crewdson, c/o Columbia Legal Services, Meagan J. MacKenzie, Northwest Justice Project, Olympia, WA, for Respondents.

Dmitri L. Iglitzin, Schwerin Campbell Barnard LLP, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Service Employees International Union, Local 775.


PENOYAR, J.

¶ 1 The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) recently implemented the "shared living rule,"1 which reduces the number of home care hours it will fund for clients who live with their paid caregivers. DSHS believed this rule was consistent with the policies of not paying for services that benefit the entire household and of not paying for services that other support mechanisms already provide. Venetta Gasper and...

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