Wash. Admin. Code § 388-27-0085 - What must the department, private practitioner, or child placing agency do to locate records and information relating to the birth parents and the child?

(1) The social worker, child placing agency, or another assigned worker must make the following efforts to locate records and information relating to the birth parent and the child:

(a) Ask the birth parents, the child, and relatives, when available, for names of all:

(i) Physicians;

(ii) Treatment agencies for medical, psychological, or educational services that have seen the parent or child for examination, evaluation, or treatment; and

(iii) Schools attended by the child and the parent.

(2) The social worker, contractor, or another assigned worker must contact the children's administration supplemental security income (SSI) facilitator to obtain medical, psychological, or social information gathered during any SSI screen or application process.

(3) The social worker, contractor, or another assigned worker must document efforts, including unsuccessful efforts, made to obtain information by:

(a) Placing the gathered records in the child's case file;

(b) Documenting the information on the child's health and education record;

(c) Documenting on the health and education passport in CAMIS;

(d) Maintaining copies of written requests to service providers for records in the child's case file;

(e) Documenting efforts on the Child's Medical and Family Background Report, DSHS 13-041(X), unless the information is already documented on the health and education passport in CAMIS.

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Wash. Admin. Code § 388-27-0085

Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-27-0085, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.