EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Purpose: To implement the legislature-required July 1, 2004, increase to the client premiums for the state children's health insurance program (SCHIP) as follows:
| • | The monthly premium for a child will increase from $10 to $15. |
| • | The maximum monthly premium paid per family will increase from $30 to $45. |
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-542-0250 CHIP client costs.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.510, 74.09.522, and 74.09.450.
Other Authority: 2003-05 Revised Omnibus Operating Budget - 2004 Supplement (ESSB 2459, chapter 276, Laws of 2004).
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 2003-05 Revised Omnibus Operating Budget - 2004 Supplement (ESSB 2459, chapter 276, Laws of 2004) required a July 1, 2004, implementation date for the increase to SCHIP client premiums.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 18, 2004.
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
3425.1(2) The finance division sends bills for client premiums at the beginning of each month of coverage. Client premiums begin the first of the month in which the bill was sent, not the date that the client became eligible for services.
(3) MAA limits a client's out-of-pocket expenses for covered services the client obtains under the CHIP program rules, to the payment of premiums described in subsection (1) if this section.
(4) MAA exempts American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) clients from paying client premiums for coverage under the CHIP program.
(5) MAA forgives client premiums that are more than twelve months overdue.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.09.080, 74.08.510, [74.08.]522, 74.09.450, 1115 Waiver, 42 U.S.C. 1396. 02-01-075, § 388-542-0250, filed 12/14/01, effective 1/14/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.450. 00-07-103, § 388-542-0250, filed 3/17/00, effective 4/17/00.]