Legal Opinion
Slayton v. Department of Social & Health Services
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 21, 2010No. 39735-8-IIPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
¶1 — This case presents an issue of first impression: Did former RCW 71A.10.020(3) (1998)1 create a separate category of developmental disability eligibility based exclusively on an applicant’s treatment needs, in particular, treatment needs for “mental retardation”? The Department of Social Health Services (DSHS) appeals the superior court’s decision (1) vacating the DSHS Board of Appeals’ (Board) Final Order, which denied developmental disability benefits to Durrell Slayton;2 (2) remanding to the DSHS’s Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) to determine whether Slayton has treatment…
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