WSR 13-23-019

PERMANENT RULES

[Filed November 13, 2013, 8:30 a.m., effective December 31, 2013]

Effective Date of Rule: December 31, 2013.

Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: The legislature did not appropriate funds for the psychiatric indigent inpatient (PII) program beyond December 31, 2013. Individuals eligible under the PII program may be considered newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules beginning January 1, 2014.

Purpose: The department is repealing WAC 388-865-0217 because the legislature did not appropriate funds for the PII program beyond December 31, 2013. Individuals eligible for the PII program may be considered newly eligible under the federal ACA rules beginning January 1, 2014.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-865-0217.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71.05.560, 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, and 74.09.530.

Other Authority: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established under Public Law 111-148.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-19-061 on September 17, 2013.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Date Adopted: November 5, 2013.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: