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ACCESS AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />WASHINCTOIi r-nOrnCT-tOw AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM' INC.' <br />AIYD <br />THE DrvIsIoN OF DEvELOpmnNraL DI$APMIp$' <br />ilnFanrMenir or sOcrar, AND rrEALTrr sERYrcES. <br />C. If any provision of the <br />remainder of the agreement not be <br />ATTACHMENT'F" <br />agreement is held invalid, the parties intend that the <br />affected. <br />This agreement is entered into by the Washington Protection and Advocacy- System, Inc' <br />(hereinafter WPAS), it" piot.rtion *d uduo.u.y ty1"-.aulrqri^zed pur*nt to the Developmental <br />il;iiiti;; arrirtunt. *o Bilt of Rights Act oi 1975, 42 u.S.C. sei..6000, €!-sss, t9 {-Ivffqqate <br />"ri"""J t"idents of ub*", neglect, *i rigirtr violations of pepqqs ryith developmental disabilities, <br />ffiffi "iiililiil;iD;;"1'";d;;diDMbTiiies (hereinafter^DDD) of tle.Deparrrnent of social and <br />Hath S#i"Lr, fot the pufuose of clarifying tfrb rigtrtg and.responsibilities of WPAS with respect <br />;; itr;;;r ioinainiAu*t with developm-entlt disabilities, clients, prcgnms' and records' <br />The Departrnent of Social and Health Services,..specifically DDD,^ is.responsible for <br />nrovidins services to inAlviauais with developmental disabilities, to the extent t*ding is available' <br />il";*iil; td;" r"*i."., npO must prbtect the confidentiality,of records and information <br />;;g;;6ih;r" i"Ai"iOuas pursuant to the itate and federal confidentiality laws. <br />WpAS is charged by federal law to protect the 19Sa! an! hq.* rights of individuals with <br />a"u"top*"ntut a*aUit?ti"u-' wpAS provides legal and -related. advocacy services .to meet that <br />"iliii"ti"* <br />- <br />WpAs ir ufio r.q"ii.Oio.maintairi the confidentiality_of I.g"t^d1gj information <br />;"gffiil;dividuals with developmental disabilities consistent with 42U.5.C. $ 6000' et ses. <br />This agreement govems the accessof_Wryh{stolerotection and Advocacy-System to DDD <br />"-ptoy"", <br />,"iio do not iork in Residential Habilitati6n Centers S49l) and records maintained by <br />DDD rvhich are ossociateJ *itir individuals r*'ith developmental disabilities living outsidc of RHCs' <br />Federal laws and regulations also provide WPAS with access to communify llograms and <br />individuals with develop*"iiut disabilitiei served by DDD contracted providers' DDD wiil work <br />;;h ^;;ft*ity pto"ifri;;d -WPAS io aoi"e at an agreement goveming access to DDD <br />contracted programs and the people served by them. <br />General. <br />A. That all tcrms uscd in this agrccment which are dcilncd in the Developmcntai <br />ijisabiiities Assisrance and Bill of Rigflts Act of 1975,42 U.S C .$ 6000, et seq', will have <br />tfr. m"*lng given to them in the Act,-unless otherwise stated in this agreement' <br />B. This agreement is intended to carry out the _provisions of the Developmental <br />bisabilities Rsiistance and Biil of fughts Act of 1975', 42 U'S.C. $ 6000,. et' -seq', and <br />tfrlirfoi", if this agreement is or becoires inconsistent with the Act or the implementing <br />;;il;i#;il;.;f"u.r;O th"."to, the terms of th" Act and its implementing regulations will <br />control. <br />T. <br />COMMUNITY ACCESS AGREEMENT