WSR 24-16-022
PERMANENT RULES
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
[Filed July 26, 2024, 10:42 a.m., effective August 26, 2024]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The health care authority is amending WAC 182-50-030 to permit members of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee to serve for up to three consecutive three-year terms.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-50-030.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-13-041 on June 10, 2024.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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 26, 2024.
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator
OTS-5421.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 16-16-083, filed 7/29/16, effective 8/29/16)
WAC 182-50-030Period of appointment.
(1) Members are appointed to a term of three years and serve until a successor is appointed. A member may be reappointed for up to ((one))two additional three-year terms for a total of ((six))nine years. ((One year after the end of a six-year term, a person is eligible for appointment to one additional three-year term.))
(2) Committee members serve staggered three-year terms. Of the initial appointees, in order to provide for staggered terms, some members may be appointed initially for less than three years. If the initial appointment is for less than ((twenty-four))24 months, that period of time is not counted toward the limitation of years of appointment described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Vacancies on the committee will be filled for the balance of the unexpired term from nominee lists for the appropriate committee category as provided under WAC 182-50-025.
(4) Members of the committee are compensated for participation in the work of the committee in accordance with a personal services contract executed after appointment and prior to commencement of activities related to the work of the committee.