WSR 16-19-031 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Developmental Disabilities Administration) [Filed September 13, 2016, 1:46 p.m., effective October 14, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the addition of wellness education to the 1915(c) individual and family services waiver. This change allows DSHS to receive federal matching funds for these waivered services. This addition allows the developmental disabilities administration to provide wellness information to waiver participants to assist them in achieving goals identified during their person-centered planning process.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-845-2280 and 388-845-2285.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030.
Other Authority: CMS.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-15-060 on July 18, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 13, 2016.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 16-05-053, filed 2/11/16, effective 3/13/16)
WAC 388-845-2280 What is wellness education?
Wellness education provides you with monthly individualized printed educational materials designed to assist you in managing health related issues and achieving wellness goals identified in your person-centered service plan that address your health and safety issues. Individualized educational materials are developed by the state, other content providers, and the contracted wellness education provider. This service is available on the basic plus, individual and family services, and core waivers.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 16-05-053, filed 2/11/16, effective 3/13/16)
WAC 388-845-2285 Are there limits to wellness education?
Wellness education is a once a month service. In the basic plus waiver, you are limited to the aggregate service expenditure limits defined in WAC 388-845-0210. The dollar amount for your individual and family services (IFS) waiver annual allocation defined in WAC 388-845-0230 limits the amount of service you may receive.
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