PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Breast and cervical cancer treatment and prevention.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.057, 74.04.050, and 74.09.530. Passage of EHB 1058 amending RCW 74.09.510.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed amendment is necessary to implement a Medicaid option as allowed under Public Law 106-354 and EHB 1058 (2001 legislative session). This option allows uninsured women under age sixty-five to receive treatment for breast and cervical cancer who are identified through the CDC detection program.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department invites the interested public to review and provide input into the adopted language of this proposed WAC amendment. The department will distribute draft material for an internal and external review process. All comments are taken into consideration before issuance of final rule.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Joanie Scotson, Program Manager, Medical Assistance Administration, Mailstop 45534, Olympia, Washington 98504-5534, phone (360) 725-1330, fax (360) 664-0910, TDD 1-800-848-5429, e-mail SCOTSJK@DSHS.WA.GOV.
June 15, 2001
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit