The legislature recognizes the capacity of all persons, including those with developmental disabilities, to be personally and socially productive. The legislature further recognizes the state's obligation to provide aid to persons with developmental disabilities through a uniform, coordinated system of services to enable them to achieve a greater measure of independence and fulfillment and to enjoy all rights and privileges under the Constitution and laws of the United States and the state of Washington.
RCW 71A.10.015
Declaration of policy.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 150 Wash. 2d 881 - Campbell v. State, Department of Social and Health Services (2004)
Most recently applied in 166 Wash. App. 477 - Bennett v. SEATTLE MENTAL HEALTH (February 2012)
1988 c 176 s 101.
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