PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Date of Adoption: November 16, 1999.
Purpose: This amendment implements administrative simplification of the alien emergency medical program. Language prohibiting organ transplants is removed.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-438-0110.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.09.530 and 42 C.F.R. 435.139 and 42 C.F.R. 440.255.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-20-110 on October 16 [6], 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
November 16, 1999
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
2547.8
((An alien who is not eligible for other medical programs, is
eligible for emergency medical care and services:
(1) Regardless of their date of arrival in the United States;
(2) Except for citizenship, meets Medicaid eligibility requirements as described in WAC 388-505-0210, 388-505-0220 or WAC 388-505-0110; and
(3) Limited to the necessary treatment of an alien's emergency medical condition as defined in WAC 388-500-0005, except that organ transplants and related medical care services are not covered))
(1) The alien emergency medical (AEM) program is a federally-funded program. It is for aliens who are ineligible for other Medicaid programs, due to citizenship or alien status requirements described in WAC 388-424-0005 and 388-424-0010.
(2) Except for the Social Security Number, citizenship, or alien status requirements, the alien must meet categorical Medicaid eligibility requirements as described in:
(a) WAC 388-505-0110, for an SSI-related person;
(b) WAC 388-505-0220, for family medical programs;
(c) WAC 388-505-0210, for a child under the age of nineteen; or
(d) WAC 388-523-0100, for medical extensions.
(3) When an alien has monthly income which exceeds the CN medical standards, the department will consider AEM medically needy coverage for children or for adults who meet SSI disability criteria. See WAC 388-519-0100.
(4) To qualify for the AEM program, the alien must have an emergency medical condition as described in WAC 388-500-0005.
(5) The alien's date of arrival in the United States is not used when determining eligibility for the AEM program.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-438-0110, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]