EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Date of Adoption: October 18, 2001.
Purpose: Adopt a new rule, WAC 388-462-0020, necessary to implement a Medicaid option allowed under Public Law 106-354 and RCW 74.09.510. This option allows uninsured women under the age of sixty-five to receive treatment for breast and cervical cancer when they have been identified as needing treatment through the CDC detection program.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.09.530, and 74.09.510.
Other Authority: Public Law 106.354.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest; and that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: This Medicaid expansion is authorized under EHB 1058 which amends RCW 74.09.510.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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 1,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Immediately.
October 18, 2001
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
2954.5(a) Has been screened for breast or cervical cancer under the center for disease control (CDC) breast and cervical cancer early detection program (BCCEDP);
(b) Is found to require treatment for either breast or cervical cancer or for a related precancerous condition;
(c) Is under sixty-five years of age;
(d) Is not eligible for another CN Medicaid program;
(e) Is uninsured or does not otherwise have creditable coverage;
(f) Meets residency requirements as described in WAC 388-468-0005;
(g) Meets Social Security Number requirements as described in WAC 388-476-0005; and
(h) Meets citizenship and alien status requirements as described in:
(i) WAC 388-424-0005 (1)(a) and (b); or
(ii) WAC 388-424-0010 (1) or (2)(a) and (b).
(2) The certification periods described in WAC 388-416-0015 (1), (4), and (6) apply to the BCCTP. Eligibility for Medicaid continues throughout the course of treatment as certified by the CDC-BCCEDP.
(3) Income and asset limits are set by the CDC-BCCEDP.
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