EXPEDITED RULES
(Medicaid Program)
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 388-400-0035 Refugee medical assistance -- Summary of
eligibility requirements.
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Kevin Sullivan, Rules Coordinator, Health Care Authority (HCA), P.O. Box 45504, Olympia, WA 98504-5504, or deliver to HCA, 626 8th Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, e-mail arc@hca.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-9727 , AND RECEIVED BY December 24, 2012.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: This expedited rule making repeals WAC 388-400-0035.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The contents of WAC 388-400-0035 were recodified under TITLE 182 WAC (specifically WAC 182-507-0130), filed under WSR 12-19-001 on September 5, 2012. With the passage of 2E2SHB 1738, the responsibility for refugee medical assistance (RMA) was transferred to the HCA.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 41.05.021.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: HCA, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Wendy L. Boedigheimer, HCA, Legal and Administrative Services, (360) 725-1306; Implementation and Enforcement: Dody McAlpine, HCA, Eligibility Policy and Services Delivery, (360) 725-9964.
October 4, 2012
Kevin M. Sullivan
Rules Coordinator
OTS-5066.1
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 388-400-0035 | Refugee medical assistance--Summary of eligibility requirements. |