Agency record · 5 cases on file
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
DSHS
Operates programs serving people with developmental disabilities, behavioral-health patients, vulnerable adults, and seniors in residential care. Registry cases cover Trueblood contempt, Special Commitment Center facility conditions, Developmental Disabilities Administration ombuds findings, and adult family home oversight failures flagged by HHS-OIG.
- This is an aggregate pattern case, not a single lawsuit or settlement. It documents Sen. Gildon's January 2025 compilation of state agency tort payouts drawn from Office of Risk Management data, released to support SB 5144, which would…Aggregate liability
- Adult family homes (AFHs) are small licensed long-term care settings — typically serving 2 to 6 residents in private residences — that provide personal care and supportive services to elderly individuals and adults with physical or…Structural failureCivil rights harm
- The Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds (DD Ombuds) publishes annual reports to the Legislature documenting systemic findings and complaint patterns across DSHS Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) programs. The SFY2024…Civil rights harmStructural failure
- Residents of the Special Commitment Center (SCC) — the state's facility for sexually violent predators who have completed criminal sentences but whom courts have civilly committed as too dangerous to release — filed a federal lawsuit in…Civil rights harmStructural failure
- A.B. by and through Trueblood et al. v. Washington State DSHS is a federal class action filed in 2014 on behalf of people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities who were held in Washington jails awaiting court-ordered competency…Civil rights harm