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Aging and Long Term Support Administration lays out service mix, workforce and regulatory priorities
Summary
Assistant Secretary Bea Rector told the committee ALTSA serves tens of thousands monthly across home and residential settings, regulates licensed long-term care facilities, and recommended investments for caregiver supports, workforce training and legal assistance for certain Medicaid residents.
Bea Rector, assistant secretary of the Aging and Long Term Support Administration (ALTSA) at DSHS, briefed the Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning committee on the administration’s scope, caseload and priorities.
Rector said ALTSA provides services to more than 70,000 individuals each month through Medicaid-funded home and community‑based services, helps 300–400 people a month transition out of skilled nursing facilities and about 30 people a month out of state psychiatric hospitals, and regulates roughly 4,810 licensed long‑term care settings (including adult…
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