WSR 15-14-043

[Filed June 24, 2015, 12:48 p.m.]

Title or Subject: Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) 15-0036.

Effective Date: August 1, 2015.

Description: The health care authority (the agency) intends to submit medicaid SPA 15-0036 regarding the process used to identify the appropriate federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to be claimed for services provided to certain individuals who became eligible for medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. These are individuals who are also receiving cash assistance under the state's adult blind and disabled (ABD) program. The agency has streamlined the FMAP rate identification process; SPA 15-0036 updates the state plan to reflect the streamlined process.

This SPA will have no effect on annual aggregate expenditures.

For additional information and to request a copy of the SPA when it becomes available, contact the agency via Stephen Kozak, Eligibility Policy and Service Delivery, P.O. Box 45534, Olympia, WA 98504-5534, phone (360) 725-1343, TDD/TTY 800-848-6529, fax (360) 664-2186, e-mail Stephen.kozak@hca.wa.gov.