WSR 15-06-069
INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
[Filed March 4, 2015, 11:46 a.m.]
Notice of Interpretive or Policy Statement
In accordance with RCW 34.05.230(12), following is a list of policy and interpretive statements issued by the department of social and health services (DSHS).
Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA)
Document Title: Public Comment Notice for Proposed Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Amendments.
Subject: Basic plus, community protection, children's intensive in-home behavior support (CIIBS) and core waiver amendments are available for thirty days of public comment.
Effective Date: March 18, 2015.
Document Description: DDA within DSHS, in cooperation with the health care authority, is posting for public comment three proposed amendments for each of DDA's Medicaid 1915(c) waivers: Basic plus, community protection, CIIBS and core. Each proposed waiver amendment is available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/dda.
Content of proposed waiver amendments:
Requested Waiver Effective Date
Proposed Changes
Basic Plus Waiver
Core Waiver
Community Protection Waiver
CIIBS Waiver
September 1, 2014
Update and renumber performance measures; revise sampling for performance measures; update service projections; language cleanup.
X
X
X
X
January 1, 2015
Service payments made through ProviderOne and/or recorded in ProviderOne.
X
X
X
X
July 1, 2015
Remove personal care; begin transition of prevocational services; and add healthcare news-letter as service.
X
X
X
(prevocational services and newsletter changes only)
X
(personal care and newsletter changes only)
Proposed waiver amendments are also available in print by request from Bob Beckman at (360) 725-3445.
The public comment period is from March 18, 2015, until 5:00 p.m. on April 17, 2015. Please send your comments to Bob Beckman, DDA, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, or bob.beckman@dshs.wa.gov.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Bob Beckman, Interim Waiver Services Unit Manager, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, phone (360) 725-3445, TDD/TTY, 800-833-6388, fax (360) 407-0955, e-mail bob.beckman@dshs.wa.gov, web site www.dshs.wa.gov/dda.