Assistant Attorney General - Social & Health Services Division, Tumwater
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About The Position
The Washington State Attorney General's Office's Social and Health Services Division in Tumwater, WA has an immediate opening for an Assistant Attorney General. The Social and Health and Services (SHO) division represents five state agencies including the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and the Health Care Authority (HCA) in their missions to provide benefits, protection and care to some of our state's most vulnerable and disenfranchised residents. The division's 44 attorneys and 28 professional staff provide legal services, advice and representation to DSHS's many programs and functions, including mental health services and the state psychiatric hospitals; adult protective services; home and community services for elderly and disabled individuals; service to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities; income assistance; revenue recovery and child support; vocational rehabilitation; and the Special Commitment Center. Legal Highlights: Division litigation ranges from federal court class action cases involving thousands of individuals to administrative appeals involving a single individual. Recent cases include a challenge to Washington's long-term care benefit program (the first program of its kind in the country) and a challenge to the adequacy of the state's mental health services. Other examples of cases include contract disputes with medical providers and managed care organizations; appeals related to eligibility for certain medical services; lawsuits brought by legal advocacy organizations on behalf of Medicaid recipients and disabled individuals; complex civil rights challenges by residents of the Special Commitment Center for sexually violent predators; civil and felony commitment hearings and trials; guardianship petitions on behalf of vulnerable adults; and appeals of vulnerable adult abuse or neglect findings.
