WSR 10-24-042

INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

[ Filed November 24, 2010, 8:18 a.m. ]


Notice of Interpretive or Policy Statement


     In accordance with RCW 34.05.230(12), following is a list of policy and interpretive statements issued by the department of social and health services.

Medicaid Purchasing Administration

Division of Healthcare Services



     Document Title: Medicaid State Plan Amendments.

     Subject: Optional healthcare services.

     Effective Date: January 1, 2011.

     Document Description: The department intends to submit amendments to the Title XIX medicaid state plan to eliminate coverage of optional health care services as a consequence of Executive Order 10-04, which Governor Gregoire issued on September 13, 2010. For a full list of services to be cut, please visit the medicaid budget web site at http://hrsa.dshs.wa.gov/News/Budget.htm. Providers also are encouraged to join a listserv for relevant e-mails at https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/hrsalistsrvsignup/.

     To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Jim Stevenson, Communications, P.O. Box 45502, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-1915, TDD/TTY 800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9551, e-mail stevejh2@dshs.wa.gov.

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