WSR 16-16-084 PERMANENT RULES HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY (Washington Apple Health) [Filed July 29, 2016, 12:40 p.m., effective August 29, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The agency amended this rule to replace outdated references to Title 388 WAC with references to Title 182 WAC, and to expand the applicability of the chapter to other agency health care programs in addition to medical assistance.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-500-0005.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-13-008 on June 2, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 29, 2016.
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 11-14-075, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11)
WAC 182-500-0005 ((Medical)) Definitions.
Chapter ((388-500)) 182-500 WAC contains definitions of words and phrases used in rules for medical assistance and other health care programs. When a term is not defined in this chapter, other agency or agency's designee WAC, or state or federal law, the medical definitions found in the Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary will apply. For general terms not defined in this chapter, other agency or agency's designee WAC, or state or federal law, the definitions in Webster's New World Dictionary apply. If a definition in this chapter conflicts with a definition in another chapter of Title ((388)) 182 WAC, the definition in the specific WAC prevails.
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