WSR 21-18-067
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
[Filed August 26, 2021, 3:03 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 182-532-530 Family planning only programsCovered services; other related rules as appropriate.
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 (HCA) is amending this rule to add the HPV vaccine as a covered service under the family planning only program. During the course of this review, HCA may identify additional related changes that are required in order to improve clarity or update policy.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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 Valerie Freudenstein, Rule Making Questions, P.O. Box 42716, Olympia, WA 98504-2716, phone 360-725-1344, fax 360-586-9727, telecommunication[s] relay service (TRS) 711, email valerie.freudenstein@hca.wa.gov, website www.hca.wa.gov/about-hca/rulemaking; or Christine Quinata, Program Questions, P.O. Box 55109, Olympia, WA 98504-5109, phone 360-725-1652, fax 360-586-9727, TRS 711, email melissa.kundur@hca.wa.gov [christine.quinata@hca.wa.gov], website www.hca.wa.gov/about-hca/rulemaking.
August 26, 2021
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator