PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 388-505-0210 Children's medical eligibility and 388-505-0220 Family medical eligibility.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, [74.04.]055, and [74.04.]057.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed amendment is necessary to exclude from medical eligibility the client population receiving state family assistance cash benefits when the only child in the household is nineteen or twenty years old.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department invites the interested public to review and provide input into the adopted language of this proposed WAC amendment. The department will distribute draft material for an internal and external review process. All comments are taken into consideration before issuance of final rule.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Joanie Scotson, Program Manager, Medical Assistance Administration, Mailstop 45534, Olympia, WA 98504-5534, (360) 725-1330, fax (360) 664-0910, TDD 1-800-848-5429.
September 28, 2000
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit