PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-406-0005 Can I apply for cash, medical, or Basic Food?, in order to allow youth confined in juvenile rehabilitation administration (JRA) and county juvenile detention facilities to apply for medical assistance forty-five days prior to release from confinement. The proposal also clarifies language in subsection (8) to reflect current policies and practice. Subsection (8) was revised to more accurately mirror the language in subsection (7).
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-406-0005.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.060, 74.08.090, and 74.09.555.
Other Authority: Chapter 359, Laws of 2007, signed by Governor Gregoire on May 8, 2007.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-21-058 on October 12, 2007.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: In the second sentence in subsection (9), the word "your" was changed to "youth."
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 8, 2008.
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator
3916.3(2) You must meet certain eligibility requirements in order to receive a program benefit.
(3) You can apply for someone else if you are:
(a) A legal guardian, caretaker, or authorized representative applying for:
(i) A dependent child;
(ii) An incapacitated person; or
(iii) Someone who is deceased.
(b) Applying for someone who cannot apply for some other reason. We may ask why the applicant is unable to apply on their own behalf.
(4) If you get Supplemental Security Income (SSI), you do not need to apply for medical benefits. We automatically open medical benefits for you.
(5) A person or agency may apply for GAU or medical assistance for you if:
(a) You temporarily live out-of-state; and
(b) You are a Washington state resident.
(6) When you are confined or incarcerated in a Washington state public institution, you may apply for cash or medical assistance within forty-five days prior to your expected release date if you meet the following criteria:
(a) You are confined by or in the following public institutions:
(i) Department of corrections;
(ii) City or county jail; or
(iii) Institution for mental diseases (IMD).
(b) Staff at the public institution provide medical records including diagnosis by a mental health professional that you have a mental disorder (as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, most recent edition) that affects your thoughts, mood or behavior so severely that it prevents you from performing any kind of work.
(7) ((The department)) We will make an eligibility
determination for medical assistance prior to your release
from confinement and will authorize medical benefits upon your
release from confinement when you:
(a) Meet the criteria of subsection (6) in this section; and
(b) Were receiving Medicaid or general assistance benefits immediately before confinement or within the five years prior to confinement.
(8) If you meet the criteria in subsection (6) but did
not receive Medicaid or general assistance benefits within the
((past)) five years prior to confinement, the department will
process your request for medical assistance within the time
frames in WAC 388-406-0035.
(9) If you are applying for assistance for a youth leaving incarceration in a Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration or county juvenile detention facility, you may apply for assistance within forty-five days prior to release. We will process your application for medical assistance when we receive it, and if eligible, we will authorize medical benefits upon the youth's release from confinement.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.09.555. 06-08-047, § 388-406-0005, filed 3/30/06, effective 4/30/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510. 03-22-039, § 388-406-0005, filed 10/28/03, effective 12/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, and 74.08.090. 02-11-137, § 388-406-0005, filed 5/21/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-406-0005, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98. Formerly WAC 388-504-0405 and 388-504-0410.]