PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is adopting new rules in chapter 388-106 WAC, Long-term care services, regarding addition of a new service to the state plan. This new service is called chronic care management (CCM). CCM provides chronic care management to high-cost and high-risk medicaid only clients who meet eligibility criteria and voluntarily agree to participate.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-106-0010.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 11-17-071 on August 16, 2011.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 8, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 8, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 17, 2011.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
Reviser's note: The material contained in this filing exceeded the page-count limitations of WAC 1-21-040 for appearance in this issue of the Register. It will appear in the 11-23 issue of the Register.