WSR 15-22-028 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Aging and Long-Term Support Administration) [Filed October 27, 2015, 10:59 a.m., effective October 28, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: October 28, 2015.
Purpose: The department is amending and adding new sections to chapter 388-106 WAC to implement the new community first choice option program effective July 1, 2015. In accordance with ESHB 2746, which mandated the department to refinance medicaid personal care services under the community first choice option, the department is establishing and implementing a new 1915(k) state plan program. The purpose of this WAC is to define the scope and eligibility for the new 1915(k) services.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-106-0015, 388-106-0020, 388-106-0033, 388-106-0045, 388-106-0047, 388-106-0050, 388-106-0055, 388-106-0070, and 388-106-0120.
Other Authority: ESHB 2746, SSB 6387.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: The department is proceeding with the permanent rule process by working on filing the CR-102. This emergency filing supersedes WSR 15-14-085 filed on June 29, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 13, Amended 9, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 13, Amended 9, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 22, 2015.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
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