WSR 19-06-043
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
(Public Employees Benefits Board)
[Admin #2019-01—Filed March 4, 2019, 10:00 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Enrollment, eligibility, and appeals rules in chapters 182-08, 182-12, and 182-16 WAC.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.05.021, 41.05.160.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The health care authority is considering adding, amending, and repealing rules to support the public employees benefits board program within chapters 182-08, 182-12, and 182-16 WAC.
Process for Developing New Rule: The agency welcomes the public to take part in developing this rule. If interested, contact the person identified below to receive an early rule draft to review. After the early review, the agency will send a notice of proposed rule making (CR-102) to everyone receiving this notice and anyone who requests a copy.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Barbara Scott, P.O. Box 42684, Olympia, WA 98504-2684, phone 360-725-0830, fax 360-586-9727, telecommunication relay services 711, email Barbara.Scott@hca.wa.gov, web site www.hca.wa.gov/about-hca/rulemaking; or Stella Ng, P.O. Box 42684, Olympia, WA 98504-2684, phone 360-725-0852, fax 360-586-9727, telecommunication relay services 711, email Stella.Ng@hca.wa.gov, web site www.hca.wa.gov/about-hca/rulemaking.
March 4, 2019
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator