PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Purpose: To remove unnecessary barriers for clients to access services from CUP (chemical-using pregnant women) providers.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-533-0710, 388-533-0720, and 388-533-0730.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.09.800.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-05-085 on February 15, 2005.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Todd Slettvet, DSHS/MAA, P.O. Box 45530, Olympia, WA 98504-5530, phone (360) 725-1626, fax (360) 664-4371, e-mail sletttd@dshs.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 3, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 25, 2005.
Andy Fernando, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
3516.1(a) Be pregnant; and
(b) ((Be referred and/or approved by an Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Treatment and Support Act (ADATSA) assessment
agency; and
(c))) Be eligible for Medicaid.
(2) Clients meeting the eligibility criteria in WAC
((388-533-710(1))) 388-533-0710(1) who are enrolled in an MAA
managed care plan are eligible for CUP services outside their
plan, except Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership
clients. CUP services delivered outside the managed care plan
are reimbursed and subject to the same program rules as apply
to nonmanaged care clients.
(3) Clients receiving three-day or five-day detoxification services through the department are not eligible for the CUP women program.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.800. 04-11-008, § 388-533-710 (codified as WAC 388-533-0710), filed 5/5/04, effective 6/5/04.]
(a) Have been approved by MAA to provide chemical-using pregnant (CUP) women program services;
(b) Have been certified as chemical dependency service providers by the division of alcohol and substance abuse (DASA) as prescribed in chapter 388-805 WAC;
(c) Meet the hospital standards prescribed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCACHO);
(d) Meet the general provider requirements in chapter 388-502 WAC; and
(e) Are not licensed as an institution for mental disease (IMD) under Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) criteria.
(2) CUP women program service providers are required to:
(a) Report any changes in their certification, level of care, or program operations to the MAA CUP women program manager;
(b) Have written policies and procedures that include a working statement describing the purpose and methods of treatment for chemical-using/abusing pregnant women;
(c) Provide guidelines and resources for current medical treatment methods by specific drug and/or alcohol type;
(d) Have linkages with state and community providers to ensure a working knowledge exists of current medical and substance abuse resources; and
(e) Ensure that ((an Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment
and Support Act (ADATSA) or)) a chemical dependency assessment
of the client has been completed:
(i) By ((an ADATSA assessment agency)) a chemical
dependency professional as defined in chapter 246-811 WAC;
(ii) Using the latest criteria of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM); and
(iii) No earlier than six months before, and no later than five days after, the client's admission to the CUP women program.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.800. 04-11-008, § 388-533-720 (codified as WAC 388-533-0720), filed 5/5/04, effective 6/5/04.]
(a) Primary acute detoxification/medical stabilization;
(b) Secondary subacute detoxification/medical stabilization; and
(c) Rehabilitation treatment and services as determined by the provider.
(2) The maximum length of treatment per inpatient stay that MAA will pay for is twenty-six days, unless additional days have been preauthorized by the MAA CUP women program manager.
(3) ((If a client leaves or is discharged from an
inpatient treatment program and then returns, the provider
must obtain authorization from the MAA CUP women program
manager to allow the client to either:
(a) Complete the original twenty-six day treatment plan; or
(b) Begin a new twenty-six day treatment plan.
(4))) If a client's pregnancy ends before inpatient treatment is completed, a provider may continue the client's treatment through the twenty-sixth day.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.800. 04-11-008, § 388-533-730 (codified as WAC 388-533-0730), filed 5/5/04, effective 6/5/04.]