WSR 15-20-101 EXPEDITED RULES
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
(Washington Apple Health)
[Filed October 6, 2015, 10:52 a.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 182-540-030 Kidney disease program (KDP)—Resource eligibility.
NOTICE
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 Wendy Barcus, Rules Coordinator, Health Care Authority (HCA), P.O. Box 42716, Olympia, WA 98504-2716, or deliver to Cherry Street Plaza, 626 8th Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, e-mail arc@hca.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-9727, AND RECEIVED BY December 7, 2015.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The agency is amending this rule for housekeeping changes only. The amendments fix a broken hyperlink and replace an incorrect WAC reference.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: See Purpose above.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: HCA, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Chantelle Diaz, P.O. Box 2716 [42716], Olympia, WA 98504-2716, (360) 725-1842; Implementation and Enforcement: Mary Hughes, P.O. Box 5017 [45017], Olympia, WA 98504-5017, (360) 725-0469.
October 6, 2015
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-23-065, filed 11/18/13, effective 1/1/14)
WAC 182-540-030 Kidney disease program (KDP)—Resource eligibility.
(1) The person's household must have countable resources at or below the limits established for the qualified medicare beneficiary (QMB) program for the person to be eligible for the kidney disease program. QMB resource standards for an individual and a couple are listed at: ((http://www.hca.wa.gov/medicaid/eligibility/documents/incomestandards.pdf)) http://www.hca.wa.gov/medicaid/eligibility/pages/standards.aspx.
(2) See WAC 182-540-021 to determine who must be included in the household when making a determination of whose resources count.
(3) The following resources are not counted:
(a) A home, defined as real property owned by a client as their principal place of residence together with surrounding and contiguous property;
(b) Household furnishings;
(c) One burial plot per household member or irrevocable burial plans with a mortuary;
(d) Up to one thousand five hundred dollars for a person or three thousand dollars for a couple set aside in a revocable burial account;
(e) Any resource which is specifically excluded by federal law.
(4) The agency follows rules for SSI-related medicaid determinations described in WAC 182-512-0200 through 182-512-0550 when determining whether any other resources are countable with the exception of subsection (5) of this section.
(5) The agency follows rules in chapter ((182-515)) 182-516 WAC when a person owns a trust, an annuity, or a life estate.
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