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Special Terms and Conditions <br />c. Fiscal Responsibility: The County must demonstrate the ability to safeguard public funds including <br />maintaining books, records, documents and other materials relevant to the provision of goods and <br />services. <br />d. Sufficient Policies and Procedures for Establishment and Maintenance of adequate internal control <br />systems: The County will maintain written policy procedural manuals for information systems, <br />personnel, and accounting/finance in sufficient detail such that operations can continue should <br />staffing change or absences occur. <br />e. Background/Criminal History Check: A background/criminal history clearance is required every <br />three years for all employees (including DD program County staff), subcontractors, and/or <br />volunteers who may have unsupervised access to vulnerable DSHS Clients, in accordance with <br />RCW 43.43.830-845, RCW 74.15.030, and Chapter 388 WAC. If the entity reviewing the application <br />elects to hire or retain an individual after receiving notice that the applicant has a conviction for an <br />offense that would disqualify the applicant from having unsupervised access to vulnerable adults as <br />defined in Chapter 74.34 RCW, then DDA shall deny payment for any subsequent services <br />rendered by the disqualified individual provider. The DSHS Background Check Central Unit (BCCU) <br />must be utilized to obtain background clearance. <br />f. Qualified Advisory Board Members: A Developmental Disabilities advisory board shall include <br />members knowledgeable about developmental disabilities. No board member shall have a contract <br />with the County to provide Training, Community Information Activities, and Consumer Support as <br />defined in this Program Agreement, and shall not be a board member, officer, or employee of an <br />agency subcontracting with the County to provide such services. <br />g. Qualified Service Providers: The County assures that all service providers meet qualifications as <br />outlined in the DDA Policy 6.13, Program Provider Qualifications. <br />h. Home and Community Based Waiver Services Assignment of Medicaid Billing Rights: The County <br />assures that each subcontractor has agreed to assign to DDA its Medicaid billing rights for services <br />to DDA Clients eligible under Title XIX programs in this Program Agreement. Written documentation <br />shall be available to DSHS on request. <br />i. Reporting Abuse and Neglect: The County staff and its subcontractors who are mandated reporters <br />under RCW 74.34.020(13) must comply with reporting requirements described in RCW 74.34.035, <br />.040 and Chapter 26.44 RCW. If the County is notified by DSHS that a subcontractor staff member <br />is cited or on the registry for a substantiated finding, then that associated staff will be prohibited <br />from providing services under this Program Agreement. <br />Counties who provide Child Development Services (birth to three early intervention services), must <br />provide those services under the regulations implementing the Individuals with Disabilities <br />Education Act (IDEA), Part C, and Washington State's Early Support for Infant and Toddler <br />Federally Approved Plan. <br />k. The County staff who perform on-site evaluations of subcontractor work sites will promptly report to <br />DSHS per DDA Policy 5.13, Protection from Abuse: Mandatory Reporting, if: <br />(1) They have reasonable cause to believe that abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation or <br />neglect (as defined in RCW 74.34.020) of a person who has a developmental disability (as <br />defined in RCW 71A.10.020) has occurred, and, <br />(2) If they have reason to suspect that sexual or physical assault of such a person has occurred, <br />DSHS Central Contract Services Page 5 <br />1769CS County Agreement 6-15-2017 <br />