INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Subject: Psychiatric hospitalization.
Effective Date: February 1, 2001.
Document Description: The purpose of this memorandum is to update instructions regarding psychiatric inpatient management and supersedes Numbered Memorandum 98-61 (issued January 1999).
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statement, contact Kevin Sullivan, Regulatory Improvement Coordinator, DSHS, Medical Assistance Administration, Division of Program Support, P.O. Box 45530, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-1344 or go to website http://maa.dshs.wa.gov (click on Numbered Memorandum link), TDD 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail mailto:sullikm@dshs.wa.gov.
January 18, 2001
Ann Myers, Acting Manager
Regulatory Improvement Project