PDFWAC 110-15-0031

Notification of changes.

(1) Consumers applying for or receiving WCCC benefits must:
(a) Notify DSHS within five days of:
(i) Starting care with a provider; or
(ii) Any change in providers.
(b) Notify DSHS, within ten days, of:
(i) Changes of the address or telephone number of the consumer's in-home/relative provider;
(ii) Changes of the consumer's home address or telephone number;
(iii) Changes that increase the number of hours of authorized care;
(iv) When the consumer's countable income increases and exceeds eighty-five percent of state median income; or
(v) When the consumer's countable resources exceed one million dollars.
(c) The effective date of the change is:
(i) The date of the change when the consumer reports timely and provides required verification within the requested time frame;
(ii) The date the change is reported when the consumer does not report timely and provides required verification within the requested time frame; or
(iii) The date the verification is received when it is not returned within the requested time frame.
(d) When required changes are timely reported, an overpayment will not be established.
(e) When required changes are not timely reported, an overpayment may be established as provided in WAC 110-15-0271.
(2) When a consumer reports a change that will decrease their copayment, the date of change for the copayment is described in WAC 110-15-0085.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.216.055, 43.216.065 and 42 U.S.C. 9858, et seq. WSR 19-08-020, § 110-15-0031, filed 3/26/19, effective 4/26/19. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-15-0031, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.070, chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-19-107, § 170-290-0031, filed 9/21/16, effective 10/22/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, § 170-290-0031, filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 12-21-008, § 170-290-0031, filed 10/5/12, effective 11/5/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.070, 43.215.060 and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 12-11-025, § 170-290-0031, filed 5/8/12, effective 6/8/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, chapter 43.215 RCW, and 2010 c 273. WSR 11-01-090, § 170-290-0031, filed 12/14/10, effective 1/14/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0031, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0031, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0031, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04.]