Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Department of Social & Health Services
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 2007No. Nos. 78652-6; 78931-2PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 This case involves a challenge to a Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) regulation that reduces disabled recipients’ benefits because they live with their paid caregivers. Under the regulation, amended and codified as WAC 388-106--0130(3)(b), formerly WAC 388-72A-0095 (2004), and referred to as the “shared living rule,” DSHS reduces recipients’ benefits by 15 percent if they live with their caregiver.
C. Johnson, J.
f 2 The three disabled recipients, David Jenkins, Vennetta Gasper, and Tommye Myers, challenge the shared living rule on several grounds, including…
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