WSR 23-02-031
PERMANENT RULES
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
[Filed December 28, 2022, 12:36 p.m., effective January 28, 2023]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule-making order repeals WAC 182-538D-0262, which requires behavioral health administrative agencies to maintain a behavioral health ombuds office for medicaid managed care enrollees. This service was replaced with a new state office of behavioral health consumer advocacy, effective October 1, 2022.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 182-538D-0262.
Other Authority: Chapter
71.40 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-23-143 on November 21, 2022.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Date Adopted: December 28, 2022.
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator
OTS-4111.1
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 182-538D-0262 | Behavioral health administrative service organizations and managed care organizations—Behavioral health ombuds office. |