EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: July 28, 2012.
Purpose: Combining medically needy and categorically needy home and community based waivers per approval by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under Waiver WA.0049.06.04, WA004.01.03, WA.0049.06.04 effective April 1, 2012. Under section 6014 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, medicaid will not pay for long-term care services for individuals whose equity interest in their home exceeds $500,000. Effective January 1, 2011, these limits were increased each year by the percentage increase in the consumer price index urban. Effective January 1, 2011, the excess home equity limits was [were] $506,000. The standard utility allowance reference has changed effective October 1, 2011, this emergency adoption corrects the reference. Eliminating reference to general assistance and/or disability lifeline and referencing to the correct aged, blind or disabled cash program or medical care services.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-513-1305, 388-513-1315, 388-513-1350, 388-513-1380, 388-515-1505, 388-515-1506, 388-515-1507, 388-515-1508, 388-515-1509, 388-515-1512, 388-515-1514, 388-515-1540, and 388-515-1550.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.09.500, and 74.09.530.
Other Authority: Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005.
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: This CR-103E filing replaces and supersedes the CR-103E filed as WSR 12-08-035 on March 29, 2012.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 13, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 13, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 20, 2012.
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 12-17 issue of the Register.