WSR 25-03-114
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
[Filed January 21, 2025, 8:47 a.m., effective March 1, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: March 1, 2025.
Purpose: This rule making repeals WAC 296-20-12501 in its entirety. This change will allow the department of labor and industries (L&I) to pay physician assistants at parity with other providers.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 296-20-12501.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-21-133 on October 22, 2024.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Marc Hobbs, L&I, Insurance Services, Health Services Analysis, P.O. Box 44322, Olympia, WA 98504-4322, phone 360-902-4244, fax 360-902-4249, email Marc.Hobbs@Lni.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: January 21, 2025.
Joel Sacks
Director
OTS-5632.1
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 296-20-12501 | Physician assistant billing procedure. |