WSR 97-03-124
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Adult Services Administration)
[Filed January 22, 1997, 9:10 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Adult day health.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.39A.007 and 74.39A.030.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Rules are necessary to establish care levels, payment rates, and criteria for provider eligibility. The requirements for client eligibility for Medicaid payment need to be defined. Rules are needed to enforce federal and state policy.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None directly, there are some federal rules (HCFA) which impact Medicaid payment for services provided by these centers.
Process for Developing New Rule: Ongoing discussions and meetings with providers of services, and discussion by area agencies on aging with consumers, input from case managers and others. There will [be] meetings to discuss drafts as those drafts are developed.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Write, call or FAX to Jeanne Marie Thomas, Adult Day Health Rule Making, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA, 98504-5600, (360) 459-6554, FAX (360) 438-8633, TTY/TDD (360) 493-2637, or call and leave your address and ask for the adult day health package at 1-800-422-3263.
January 21, 1997
Merry A. Kogut, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit