PROPOSED RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 03-06-055.
Title of Rule: WAC 388-505-0210 Children's medical eligibility.
Purpose: Amend to add language that was inadvertently deleted. Added additional clarifying language at the request of field staff.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 74.04.050.
Summary: See Purpose above.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Joanie Scotson, MAA, P.O. Box 45534, Olympia, WA 98504-5534, (360) 725-1330.
Name of Proponent: Department of Social and Health Services, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: This amendment is necessary to add language that was inadvertently deleted.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See Purpose above.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. There is no impact on small businesses. The rule only affects client eligibility for services.
RCW 34.05.328 applies to this rule adoption. The rule meets the definition of a significant legislative rule under RCW 34.05.328. However, RCW 34.05.328 (5)(b)(vii) exempts rules relating to DSHS client financial and medical eligibility.
Hearing Location: Office Building 2, Auditorium, 14th and Jefferson, Olympia, WA 98504, on June 10, 2003, at 10:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact DSHS Rules Coordinator by June 3, 2003, phone (360) 664-6094, TTY (360) 664-6178, e-mail fernaax@dshs.wa.gov.
Submit Written Comments to: Identify WAC Numbers, DSHS Rules Coordinator, Rules and Policies Assistance Unit, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504-5850, fax (360) 664-6185, e-mail fernaax@dshs.wa.gov by June 10, 2003.
Date of Intended Adoption: Not sooner than June 11, 2003.
April 28, 2003
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
3227.1(a) The child's mother was eligible for and receiving coverage under a medical program at the time of the child's birth; and
(b) The child remains with the mother and resides in the state.
(2) Children under the age of nineteen are eligible for CN medical assistance when they meet the requirements for:
(a) Citizenship or U.S. national status as described in WAC 388-424-0005(1) or immigrant status as described in WAC 388-424-0010 (1) or (2);
(b) State residence as described in chapter 388-468 WAC;
(c) A social security number as described in chapter 388-476 WAC; and
(d) Family income levels as described in WAC 388-478-0075 (1)(c).
(3) Children under the age of nineteen are eligible for the state children's health insurance program (SCHIP), as described in chapter 388-542 WAC, when:
(a) They meet the requirements of subsection (2)(a)
((and)) (b), and (c) of this section;
(b) They do not have other creditable health insurance coverage; and
(c) Family income exceeds two hundred percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), but does not exceed two hundred fifty percent of the FPL as described in WAC 388-478-0075 (1)(c) and (d).
(4) Children under the age of twenty-one are eligible for CN medical assistance when they meet:
(a) Citizenship or immigrant status, state residence, and social security number requirements as described in subsection (2)(a), (b), and (c) of this section;
(b) Income levels described in WAC 388-478-0075 ((when
income is counted according to WAC 388-408-0055 (1)(c))); and
(c) One of the following criteria:
(i) Reside, or are expected to reside, in a medical
hospital, intermediate care facility for mentally retarded
(ICF/MR), or nursing facility for ((more than)) thirty days or
more;
(ii) Reside in a psychiatric or chemical dependency facility for ninety days or more;
(iii) Are in foster care; or
(iv) Receive subsidized adoption services.
(d) For a child meeting the criteria (c)(i) of this subsection, the only parental income the department considers available to the child is the amount the parent chooses to contribute.
(e) For a child meeting the criteria in (c)(ii) of this subsection, parental income is counted as described in WAC 388-408-0055 (1)(c).
(5) Children are eligible for CN medical assistance if they:
(a) Receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments based upon their own disability; or
(b) Received SSI cash assistance for August 1996, and except for the August 1996 passage of amendments to federal disability definitions, would be eligible for SSI cash assistance.
(6) Children under the age of nineteen are eligible for medically needy (MN) medical assistance as defined in chapter 388-500 WAC when they:
(a) Meet citizenship or immigrant status, state residence, and social security number requirements as described in subsection (2)(a), (b), and (c); and
(b) Have income above the income levels described in WAC 388-478-0075 (1)(c).
(7) A child is eligible for SSI-related MN when the child:
(a) Meets the blind and/or disability criteria of the federal SSI program or the condition in subsection (5)(b); and
(b) Has countable income above the level described in WAC 388-478-0070(1).
(8) There are no resource limits for children under CN, MN, or SCHIP coverage.
(9) Children may also be eligible for:
(a) Family medical as described in WAC 388-505-0220; or
(b) Medical extensions as described in WAC 388-523-0100.
(10) Except for a client described in subsection (4)(c)(i) and (ii), an inmate of a public institution, as defined in WAC 388-500-0005, is not eligible for CN or MN medical coverage.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.08A.100, 74.09.080, and 74.09.415. 02-17-030, § 388-505-0210, filed 8/12/02, effective 9/12/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, [74.04.]055, and [74.04.]057. 01-11-110, § 388-505-0210, filed 5/21/01, effective 6/21/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.08A.100. 99-17-023, § 388-505-0210, filed 8/10/99, effective 9/10/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-505-0210, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98. Formerly WAC 388-509-0905, 388-509-0910 and 388-509-0920.]