AGENDA
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
This report represents DSHS rules under development at
this time. There may be additional rule-making activity as
DSHS responds to legislative actions, to comply with federal
mandates, or to meet unforeseen circumstances.
January 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008
WAC Chapter or WAC Number | WAC Chapter or Section Caption | Subject Matter | Program Contact Person | Current Activity (the "WSR" number is the official filing number) |
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Emergency Rule | Preproposal Rule | Proposed Rule | Permanent (Final) Rule | ||||
Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA) | |||||||
ADSA - Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) | |||||||
Chapters 388-823, 388-825, and 388-830 | DDD intake and determination rules; DDD services rules; DDD program option rules. | Amending rules to correct cross references and clarify incomplete information in rules. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD | WSR 06-16-125 Filed 8/1/06 |
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Chapter 388-824 | DDD mini assessment. | Repealing sections in this chapter that have been replaced by the DDD assessment in chapter 388-828 WAC. | Debbie Roberts ADSA-DDD | WSR 07-05-037 Filed 2/14/07 |
WSR 07-23-063 Hearing 12/27/07 |
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Chapter 388-825 |
DDD service rules. | Defining and reorganizing the rules governing the delivery of services to individuals with developmental disabilities. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-09-046 Filed 4/11/07 |
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WAC 388-825-103 388-825-145 |
DDD service rules. | Complying with the proposed order and settlement agreement under Boyle v. Arnold-Williams. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-23-012 Filed 11/8/07 |
WSR 07-09-046 Filed 4/11/07 |
WSR 08-01-086 Hearing 1/22/08 |
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Chapter 388-828 |
DDD assessment--Residential service levels. | Incorporating the residential algorithm and the individual and family services assessment algorithm into the DDD assessment. | Debbie
Roberts ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-23-020 Filed 11/9/07 |
WSR 07-15-081 Filed 7/18/07 |
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WAC 388-828-5080 | DDD assessment. | Amending the section to be consistent with the DDD assessment. | Debbie
Roberts ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-21-145 Filed 10/24/07 |
WSR 07-15-081 Filed 7/18/07 |
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WAC 388-828-5360 388-828-9000 388-828-9020 388-828-9040 388-828-9060 388-828-9100 388-828-9120 388-828-9140 |
DDD assessment. | Creating WAC 388-828-9000, 388-828-9020, 388-828-9040, 388-828-9060, 388-828-9080, 388-828-9100, 388-828-9120, 388-828-9140 to combine three family support programs into one individual and family services program as directed by the legislature. | Debbie
Roberts ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-24-029 Filed 11/28/07 |
WSR 07-14-081 Filed 6/29/07 |
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Chapter 388-830 | Division of developmental disabilities program option rules. | Repealing all sections in chapter 388-830 WAC because the rules are obsolete. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-17-112 Filed 8/17/07 |
WSR 07-23-054 Hearing 12/27/07 |
WSR 08-03-023 Effective 2/8/08 |
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Chapter 388-831 (new) | Community protection program. | Establishing the community protection program as directed by recent state law. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
WSR 06-08-034 Filed 3/28/06 |
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WAC 388-832-0001 through 388-832-0470 |
Individual and family services. | Combining three family support programs into one individual and family services program. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-22-019 Filed 10/26/07 |
WSR 07-10-018 Filed 4/20/07 |
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Chapter 388-835 | ICF/MR program and reimbursement system. | Amending language to reflect new rates for intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
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WAC 388-845-1605 | Who is eligible to receive respite care? | Ensuring consistent application of the rules across the programs administered by DDD. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
WSR 08-03-063 Filed 1/14/08 |
WSR 06-09-013 Filed 4/10/06 |
WSR 07-24-065 Hearing 1/8/08 |
WSR 08-03-109 Effective 2/22/08 |
Chapter 388-850 | County plan for developmental disabilities. | Rewriting rules in "plain talk" format and clarifying language. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
Planned for future action. | |||
Chapter 388-853 | Costs of care of mentally deficient persons residing in state institutions. | Repealing all sections in chapter 388-853 WAC. The chapter has been replaced by chapter 388-835 WAC. | Steve Brink ADSA-DDD |
WSR 07-17-113 Filed 8/17/07 |
WSR 07-23-053 Hearing 12/27/07 |
WSR 08-03-024 Effective 2/8/08 |
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ADSA - Home and Community Services (HCS) | |||||||
Chapter 388-106 | Long-term care services. | Drafting a new section entitled, "Roads to community living" to describe the nature of demonstration project services under the money follows the person grant. | Elizabeth
Prince ADSA-HCS |
WSR 07-22-085 Filed 11/6/07 |
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WAC 388-106-0020 | Under MPC, COPES, MNRW, MNIW and CHORE programs, what services are not covered? | Amends guidelines pertaining to the administration of sterile procedures to more clearly articulate who can and cannot perform certain services. | Kristi
Knudsen ADSA-HCS |
WSR 07-13-059 Filed 6/16/07 |
WSR 08-01-089 Hearing 1/22/08 |
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WAC 388-106-0100 388-106-0110 388-106-0125 |
Long-term care services. | Amending the in-home classifications to allow hours for clients with complex behavioral and cognitive issues and for clients with extremely high needs for assistance with activities of daily living. | Kristi
Knudsen ADSA-HCS |
WSR 08-02-056 Filed 12/28/07 |
WSR 07-15-048 Filed 7/13/07 |
WSR 08-02-027 Hearing 2/5/08 |
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WAC 388-106-0130 | Long-term care services. | Amending the section to comply with a supreme court decision pertaining to shared living. | Kristi
Knudsen ADSA-HCS |
WSR 07-22-021 Filed 11/26/07 |
WSR 07-14-033 Filed 6/26/07 |
WSR 07-24-066 Hearing 1/8/08 |
WSR 08-03-111 Effective 2/22/08 |
WAC 388-112-0250 388-112-02605 388-112-02610 388-112-02615 388-112-02620 388-112-02625 388-112-02630 |
Residential long-term care services. | Amending and adopting new rules to: Clarify CPR requirements and the course content for HIV/AIDS training; and requiring adult family home administrators to complete training, to comply with a 2006 change in state law. | Barbara
Hanneman ADSA-HCS |
WSR 06-18-083 Filed 9/5/06 |
WSR 06-22-079 (CR-102 expired. One section was adopted under WSR 07-01-045, the rest will be reproposed.) |
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WAC 388-513-1320 | Determining institutional status for long-term care services. | Clarifying institutional status. | Lori Rolley ADSA-HCS |
WSR 07-12-068 Filed 6/4/07 |
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WAC 388-513-1350 388-513-1380 |
Long-term care services. | Updating the 2008 federal resource standard and federal maximum maintenance standard that increase on January 1, 2008. | Lori Rolley ADSA-HCS |
WSR 08-02-057 Filed 12/28/07 |
WSR 07-22-063 Filed 11/2/07 |
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WAC 388-515-1510 | DDD waivers and outward bound residential alternatives (OBRA). | Increasing the personal needs allowance and amending waiver language. | Tiffany
Sevruk ADSA-HCS |
WSR 07-22-018 Filed 10/26/07 |
WSR 07-12-065 Filed 6/4/07 |
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ADSA - Office of Rates Management | |||||||
Chapter 388-96 | Nursing facility Medicaid payment system. | Adopting rules defining "home office" to help determine whether a nursing home is a "vital local provider" under state law. | Ed Southon ADSA-Nursing Home Rates Section |
WSR 06-16-124 Filed 8/1/06 |
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Chapter 388-96 | Nursing facility Medicaid payment system. | Amending rules on: Accounts receivable audits; residents' funds that a home must deposit; the definition of "direct care supplies;" the direct care rate for unbanked beds; minimum occupancy when setting rates; etc. | Patricia
Hague ASDA-Office of Rates Management |
WSR 06-24-112 Filed 12/6/06 |
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Chapter 388-96 | Nursing facility Medicaid payment system. | Amending rules to clarify the treatment of quality maintenance fee costs in rebases of the Medicaid nursing home payment rate that are based on cost reports from 2005 forward. | Patricia
Hague ASDA-Office of Rates Management |
WSR 07-05-024 Filed 2/13/07 |
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WAC 388-97-550 388-97-555 |
Nursing homes. | Increasing the nursing home bed license fee to comply with RCW 18.51.050 requiring the department to establish license fees at an amount adequate to reimburse the department in full for all costs of its licensing activities for nursing homes. | Patricia
Hague ASDA-Office of Rates Management |
WSR 08-03-072 Filed 1/14/08 |
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ADSA - Residential Care Services (RCS) | |||||||
Chapter 388-76 | Adult family homes minimum licensing requirements. | Clarifying due process rights of persons investigated for alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation and financial exploitation of an adult family home resident and amending other related sections. | Roger
Woodside ADSA-RCS |
WSR 07-15-026 Filed 7/12/07 |
WSR 07-21-139 Hearing 12/11/07 |
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WAC 388-76-10810 | Fire extinguishers. | Correcting a typo in the numbering of this rule section. | Roger
Woodside ADSA-RCS |
Note: This is a CR-105 Expedited Rule-Making action | WSR 08-03-032 Comments due: 3/24/08 |
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Chapter 388-78A | Boarding home licensing rules. | Clarifying due process rights of persons investigated for alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation and financial exploitation of a boarding home resident, etc. | Todd Henry ADSA-RCS |
WSR 07-15-025 Filed 7/12/07 |
WSR 07-21-140 Hearing 12/11/07 |
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Chapter 388-78A | Boarding homes. | Clarifying building requirements for new construction; enhancing readability of several sections; creating flexibility in construction requirements for providers to meet resident needs. | Todd Henry ADSA-RCS |
WSR 07-23-078 Filed 11/19/07 |
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WAC 388-97-077 | Nursing home resident protection program and other related sections. | Simplifying and clarifying existing due process for rights of individuals accused of abusing, neglecting, exploiting or financially exploiting vulnerable adults in nursing homes. | Lisa
Yanagida ADSA-RCS |
WSR 07-15-024 Filed 7/12/07 |
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WAC 388-97-07015 388-97-147 388-97-155 388-97-162 388-97-347 388-97-555 388-97-965 388-97-595 388-97-625 388-97-29510 |
Nursing homes. | Changing outdated references; renumbering; adding language to be consistent with federal requirements and national standards; clarifying laundry system standards; deleting and updating sections on review of nursing home renewal licenses; clarifying new construction preoccupancy process; adding language on electronic monitoring. | Judy Johnson ADSA-RCS |
WSR 07-21-121 Filed 10/23/07 |
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Chapter 388-101 | Certified community residential services and supports. | Revising rules regarding the community protection program, assessments, restrictive procedures, inspections, enforcement remedies, appeals, agency finances, and client's rights; addressing abuse and neglect reporting, and sections that involve the individual financial plans; and to meet federal requirements. | John Gaskell ASDA-RCS |
WSR 05-07-132 Filed 3/22/05 |
WSR 07-18-094 Hearing 11/6/07 |
WSR 08-02-022 Effective 2/1/08 |
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Children's Administration | |||||||
WAC chapter not determined yet | Domestic violence prevention. | Proposing new rules establishing standards for programs receiving domestic violence prevention funds. | Maureen
Kelly Children's Administration |
WSR 06-06-073 Filed 2/28/06 |
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WAC 388-15-005 388-15-077 |
Child protective services. | Reflecting changes from SSB 5321 regarding a new two-tiered finding system and new timeframes for expungement of records. | Tina Stern Children's Administration |
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Chapter 388-39A | Child welfare services -- Complaint resolution. | Child welfare services -- Complaint resolution. | Children's Administration | Planned for future action. | |||
Economic Services Administration (ESA) | |||||||
ESA Division of Child Support (DCS) | |||||||
Chapter 388-14A | Division of child support rules. | Adopting new and amended sections to implement state legislation which implements the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. | Nancy
Koptur ESA-DCS |
WSR 07-23-058 Filed 11/16/07 |
WSR 07-10-116 Filed 5/2/07 |
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WAC 388-14A-3900 to 388-14A-3925 |
Division of child support rules. | Revising rules on modification of support orders. | Nancy
Koptur ESA-DCS |
WSR 03-22-054 Filed 10/31/03 |
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ESA - Division of Employment and Assistance Programs (DEAP) | |||||||
WAC chapter not yet determined | Basic Food and WASHCAP. | Amending rules impacting eligibility and benefit level for WASHCAP and Basic Food by adopting mandatory food stamp provisions of the 2007 federal Farm Bill. | John Camp ESA-DEAP |
WSR 08-03-095 Filed 1/17/08 |
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WAC 388-310-0300 388-310-1450 |
WorkFirst. | Changing the one-time exemption for a parent with a child under twelve months. | Ian Horlor ESA-DEAP |
WSR 07-23-056 Filed 11/16/07 |
WSR 07-11-116 Filed 5/18/07 |
WSR 07-22-067 Hearing 12/11/07 |
WSR 08-02-055 Effective 2/1/08 |
WAC 388-310-0400 388-310-0500 388-310-0600 388-310-0900 388-310-1000 88-310-1050 388-310-1100 388-310-1400 388-310-1500 388-310-1700 |
WorkFirst. | Amending rules to comply with federal law changes under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law 109-171. | Aurea
Figueroa ESA-DEAP |
WSR 06-21-055 Filed 10/13/06 |
WSR 07-24-034 Hearing 1/22/08 |
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WAC 388-406-0005 |
Can I apply for cash, medical, or Basic Food? | Allowing applications for youth prior to release from confinement. | John Camp ESA-DEAP |
WSR 07-14-098 Filed 6/30/07 |
WSR 07-21-058 Hearing 11/27/07 |
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WAC 388-406-0035 |
How long does the department have to process my application? | Clarifying the section and updating the WACs that should be referenced in regards to applications that are delayed. | Jenny Egan
Grayum ESA-DEAP |
WSR 07-12-030 Filed 5/30/07 |
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WAC 388-412-0040 |
Can I get my benefits replaced? | Correcting a typographical error in subsection (4). | Jenny Egan
Grayum ESA-DEAP |
WSR 08-03-031 Filed 1/8/08 |
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WAC 399-418-0011 |
What is a mid-certification review and do I have to complete one in order to keep receiving benefits? | Modify the verification requirements for mid-certification reviews that households must complete in order to continue receiving cash, food, and medical benefits from the department. | John Camp ESA-DEAP |
WSR 08-03-041 Filed 1/10/08 |
WSR 07-17-086 Filed 8/15/07 |
WSR 07-22-066 Hearing 12/11/07 |
WSR 08-02-053 Effective 2/1/08 |
WAC 388-428-0010 388-454-0025 |
Notifying parents of whereabouts of their children. | Revising rules governing notifying parents of the whereabouts of their children to comply with state law, and recognize the rights of parents and protect the safety of children. | Tom Berry ESA-DEAP |
WSR 06-20-073 Filed 9/29/06 |
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WAC 388-450-0162 |
Using countable income to determine eligibility and amount of cash and food assistance benefits. | Including references to WAC 388-478-0040 and 388-478-0045. | Logan
McGregor ESA-DEAP |
WSR 07-14-099 Filed 6/30/07 |
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WAC 388-450-0215 |
How does the department estimate my assistance unit's income to determine my eligibility and benefits? | Giving provisions for budgeting income that is received less frequently than monthly on an averaging basis even in the month of application. | Bill Callahan ESA-DEAP |
WSR 07-06-051 Filed 3/2/07 (also see WSR 07-11-098) |
WSR 07-11-091 Hearing 6/26/07 Supplemental: WSR 07-22-064 Hearing 12/11/07 |
WSR 08-02-054 Effective 2/1/08 |
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WAC 388-454-0006 |
Background checks for persons acting in place of a parent without court-ordered custody. | Amending the rule to be consistent with working connections child care rules regarding background checks for adult child-caregivers applying for assistance for un-related children in their care. | Tom Berry ESA-DEAP |
WSR 06-09-037 Filed 4/13/06 |
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Chapter 388-455 |
Lump sum payments. | Correcting a WAC reference, using question and answer format, providing additional clarification of the impact of lump sum payments on a person's eligibility for department programs. | John Camp ESA-DEAP |
WSR 07-17-032 Filed 8/7/07 |
WSR 07-22-037 Hearing 12/11/07 |
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Health and Recover Services Administration (HRSA) | |||||||
HRSA - Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) | |||||||
Chapter 388-800 |
Chemical dependency assistance programs. | Clarifying rules; updating references to patient eligibility standards; clarifying the process for secondary ADATSA clients. | Virginia
Ochoa HRSA-DASA |
WSR 05-02-065 Filed 1/4/05 |
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Chapter 388-805 |
Certification requirements for chemical dependency service providers. | Clarifying rules; updating definition and requirements for chemical dependency service providers. | Deb
Cummins HRSA-DASA |
WSR 07-24-004 Filed 11/26/07 |
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HRSA - Mental Health (MH) | |||||||
Chapter 388-865 |
Community mental health and involuntary treatment programs. | Revising rules to establish certification "clubhouses" that meet minimum standards. Clubhouses are community-based programs that provide rehabilitative mental health services. | Kevin
Sullivan HRSA |
WSR 07-17-142 Filed 8/21/07 |
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Chapter 388-865 |
Certifying crisis stabilization units (new). | Codifying rules regarding the department's new requirement to certify crisis stabilization units that meet minimum standards. | Kevin
Sullivan HRSA |
WSR 07-21-078 Filed 10/16/07 |
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Chapter 388-865 |
Community mental health. | Codifying its policy on how it administers community mental health services in the event of a nonparticipating regional support network. | Kevin
Sullivan HRSA |
WSR 08-02-060 Filed 12/28/07 |
WSR 08-01-107 Filed 12/18/07 |
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HRSA - Medical Assistance (MA) | |||||||
Unknown sections in TITLE 388 WAC | Health technology clinical committee assessments. | Creating a new WAC to support the health technology assessment program established by the 2006 legislature. | Kevin
Sullivan HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-12-061 Filed 6/4/07 |
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WAC 388-406-0010 |
How do I apply for benefits? | Amending the rule to clarify the signature requirements on applications for medical assistance for children and pregnant women. | Mary Beth
Ingram HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-08-094 Filed 4/3/07 |
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WAC 388-408-0055 388-416-0015 388-418-0005 388-418-0025 388-450-0210 388-476-0005 388-478-0075 388-505-0210 388-505-0211 388-542-0010 388-542-0020 388-542-0050 388-542-0300 |
Medical assistance eligibility for children. | Authorizing medical assistance coverage for all children living in households with income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level (FPL). | Kevin
Cornell HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-23-057 Filed 11/16/07 |
WSR 07-11-098 Filed 5/16/07 |
WSR 07-22-038 Hearing 11/27/07 |
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WAC 488-450-0085 |
Does the department count all of my self-employment income to determine if I am eligible for benefits? | Amending the rules to remove barriers for medical assistance clients with self-employment income. | Colleen
Clifford HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-02-059 Filed 12/28/07 |
WSR 08-01-020 Filed 12/7/07 |
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WAC 388-466-0005 388-466-0130 |
Immigration and refugees. | Adding "victim of trafficking" to refugee cash assistance and refugee medical assistance eligibility, etc. | Colleen
Clifford HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-22-084 Filed 11/5/07 |
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WAC 388-475-0300 |
SSI-related medical -- Resources eligibility. | Updating this WAC to comply with federal rules which govern how the department considers retroactive lump sum payments from any Title II or Title XVI payment, and to clarify that these resources are now excluded for nine months, not six. | Catherine
Fisher HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-03-093 1/16/08 |
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WAC 388-478-0070 388-478-0080 |
Standards for payments. | Amending rules to comply with federal Medicaid standard changes that became effective January 1, 2007. | Mary Beth
Ingram HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-02-058 Filed 12/28/07 |
WSR 07-07-003 Filed 3/8/07 |
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WAC 388-500-0005 |
Medical definitions. | Updating medical definitions to make them consistent with how the terms are used throughout HRSA rules. | Jonell O.
Blatt HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-20-052 Filed 9/27/07 |
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WAC 388-501-0060 388-501-0065 |
Healthcare coverage. | Correcting errors made in developing the scope of covered services chart in new WAC 388-501-0060 and 388-501-0065. | Kevin
Sullivan HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-12-062 Filed 6/4/07 |
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WAC 388-501-0100 |
Subrogation; assignment or rights and cooperation. | The department extended the effective date to December 1, 2008, for recently amended rule, WAC 388-501-0100, adopted under WSR 07-23-080 and initially scheduled to take effective [effect] December 20, 2007 (see WSR 08-01-041). | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-04-020 Filed 1/23/07 Also: WSR 08-03-073 Filed 1/14/08 |
WSR 07-13-087 Hearing 7/25/07 |
WSR 07-23-080 and 08-01-041 Effective 12/1/08 |
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The department
will adopt new
subrogation rules
consistent with
42 U.S.C. §§
1396a, 1396k,
1396p, RCW 74.09.180,
74.09.185, the
decision of
Arkansas
Department of
Health and
Human Services
v. Ahlborn, 547
U.S. 268, 126 S.
Ct. 1752, 164 L.
Ed. 2d 459, and
will respond to
concerns raised
by the
Washington
State Trial
Lawyers Association as well as other stakeholders. |
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WAC 388-501-0135 |
Patient review and restriction program (PRR). | Updating the program name to patient review and coordination program; expanding program definitions; | Jonell O.
Blatt HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-21-030 Filed 10/9/07 |
WSR 08-01-085 Hearing 1/22/08 |
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clarifying restrictions; adding requirement that PRR clients remain enrolled in managed care plans for one year; and clarifying client dispute resolution process. | |||||||
WAC 388-501-0180 388-501-0182 388-501-0184 388-502-0120 388-535-1550 388-546-0800 388-546-0900 388-546-5100 |
Out-of-state medical care. | Updating and clarifying rules on out-of-state medical care and requirements for providers; and out-of-country medical care. | Jonell Blatt HRSA-MA |
WSR 06-24-113 Filed 12/6/06 |
WSR 08-03-112 Hearing 2/26/08 |
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WAC 388-502-0160 |
Billing a client. | Revising the rule to clarify when a provider can and cannot bill a client for medical services. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-01-021 Filed 12/7/07 |
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WAC 388-502-0270 |
Dispute decision review by the health and recovery services administration's deputy assistant secretary. | Providing a single process for disputes reviewed by the DSHS/HRSA deputy assistant secretary. This single process should reduce complexity for providers and the department and streamline the dispute process. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-03-092 Filed 1/16/08 |
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WAC 388-505-0230 |
Family medical. | Creating a new WAC to address family-related institutional medical benefits. | Carole
McRae HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-03-036 Filed 1/9/08 |
WSR 07-12-031 Filed 5/30/07 |
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WAC 388-517-0500 |
Medicare prescription drug copayment help. | Codifying a new requirement for HRSA to pay Medicare Part D copayment cost sharing for full-benefit dual eligible Medicaid clients. | Carole
McRae HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-17-144 Filed 8/21/07 |
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WAC 388-530-1075 |
Tamper-resistant prescription requirements. | Amending the rule to comply with federal law which mandates the use of tamper-resistant prescriptions for all Medicaid, nonelectronic prescriptions. | Jonell O.
Blatt HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-22-083 Filed 11/6/07 |
WSR 08-03-110 Hearing 2/26/08 |
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WAC 388-531-1400 388-556-0600 |
Psychiatric physician-related services; mental health services. | Improving access to mental health services for children who do not meet regional support network access to care standards. | Kevin
Sullivan HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-03-091 Filed 1/16/08 |
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WAC 388-531-2000 |
Increased payments for physician-related services for qualified trauma cases. | Clarifying, updating, and ensuring consistent policies for the trauma program. | Jonell O.
Blatt HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-01-083 Filed 12/17/07 |
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Chapter 388-532 |
Family planning/TAKE CHARGE program. | Revising rules to bring the program into compliance with state's federal waiver, and to help the state prevent the loss of federal funds. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-21-105 Filed 10/19/07 |
WSR 06-22-093 Filed 11/1/06 |
WSR 07-07-102 Hearing 3/19/07 |
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WAC 388-533-0300 388-533-0310 through 388-533-0345 388-533-0360 through 388-533-0386 |
Infant case management and maternity support services. | Clarifying provider qualifications, client eligibility and services reimbursed for infant case management and maternity support services. | Jonell O.
Blatt HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-21-106 Filed 10/19/07 |
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WAC 388-533-0390 |
Childbirth education. | Amending rules to break the information into smaller sections, clarify and update rules, and clarify policy on payment of childbirth education when delivered as a refresher course. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-03-055 Filed 1/12/07 |
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Chapter 388-535 |
Dental-related services. | Amending sections relating to access to baby and child dentistry (ABCD) and sections relating to dental-related services for clients through age twenty and clients age twenty-one and older. | Kathy Sayre HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-16-110 Filed 7/31/07 |
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Chapter 388-535A | Orthodontic services. | Clarifying existing policy, better defining the scope of the rule, and reviewing the subchapter for other necessary changes. | Kathy Sayre HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-21-021 Filed 10/8/07 |
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Chapter 388-537 |
School services. | Amending the chapter to bring the program into compliance with federal Medicaid regulations and policies. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-03-057 Filed 1/12/07 |
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Chapter 388-538 |
Managed care delivery system. | Updating and clarifying criteria regarding the patient review and coordination; the monthly capitated premiums the department pays to managed care organizations, etc. | Kathy Sayre HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-01-082 Filed 12/17/07 |
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WAC 388-538-063 |
Mandatory enrollment in managed care for GA-U clients. | Amending sections related to adding a mental health service component to GA-U medical care services managed care project. | Kathy Sayre HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-16-106 Filed 7/31/07 |
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WAC 388-544-0475 |
Noncovered services, eyeglasses, and contact lenses. | Removing the language in this section and readopting the rule through the permanent rule-making process. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 08-03-094 Filed 1/17/08 |
WSR 07-22-082 Filed 11/5/07 and WSR 07-10-125 Filed 5/2/07 |
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WAC 388-544-1010 388-544-1100 388-544-1200 388-544-1300 388-544-1400 |
Hearing aid services. | Revising rules to move the hearing aid rules into chapter 388-547 WAC; creating clear section titles and clarifying text; and including digital hearing aids under covered services to align with industry standards. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-05-011 Filed 2/9/07 |
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Chapter 388-549 |
Rural health clinics. | Replacing the cost-based reimbursement methodology with the prospective payment system per the federal Benefit Improvement and Protection Act. | Wendy
Boedigheimer HRSA-MA |
WSR 05-16-083 Filed 8/1/05 |
WSR 08-01-090 Hearing 1/22/08 |
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WAC 388-550-1050 |
Hospital services definitions. | Correcting language erroneously adopted in the definition for "high cost outlier." | Kathy Sayre HRSA-MA |
WSR 07-16-107 Filed 7/31/07 |
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Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (JRA) | |||||||
Chapter 388-700 |
Juvenile rehabilitation administration -- Practices and procedures. | Potential revisions due to changes in background check procedures. | David
Griffith JRA |
Planned for future action. | |||
Chapter 388-720 |
Collection of costs of support, treatment and confinement of juveniles under RCW 13.40.220. | Potential changes to clarifying sentencing in relation to "victim in the home" status and to update the reimbursement schedule. | Lee Mosley,
Trent
Phillips JRA |
Planned for future action. | |||
WAC 388-740-0010 388-740-0040 388-740-0070 |
Confinement. | To implement Section 1, subsection 4 (b) of SSB 5243, (chapter 203, Laws of 2007), by defining behavior which may be cause for the secretary to modify parole and return a juvenile sex offender to confinement for up to twenty-four weeks. Also to incorporate guidelines and certain existing JRA parole standards to return certain juvenile sex offenders committed to JRA or basic training camp graduates to confinement for the remainder of his or her sentence. | Kecia
Rongen JRA |
WSR 07-16-089 Filed 7/30/07 |
WSR 07-23-092 Haring 12/7/07 |
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Chapter 388-745 |
Transfer of juvenile offenders to the department of corrections (DOC). | Potential revisions due to changes in transfer procedures. | David
Griffith JRA |
Planned for future action. | |||
Chapter 388-750 |
Impact account -- Criminal justice cost. | Review for potential updates. | Ken Moses, Trent Phillips JRA |
Planned for future action. | |||
Office of Planning, Performance and Accountability (OPPA) | |||||||
OPPA - Research and Data Analysis | |||||||
Chapter 388-04 |
Protection of human research subjects. | No current rule-making activity. | |||||
Office of Risk Management (ORM) | |||||||
ORM - Public Disclosure | |||||||
Chapter 388-01 |
DSHS organization and disclosure of public records. | Amending rules to reflect changes in DSHS organization structure, and to implement chapter 483, Laws of 2005. | Kristal K.
Wiitala Privacy Officer |
Planned for future action. | |||
Public Affairs (PA) | |||||||
PA - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) | |||||||
Chapter 388-891 388-892 |
No current rule-making activity. | ||||||
PA - Management Services Administration | |||||||
Chapter 388-02 |
DSHS hearing rules. | Modifying deadlines and time frames in administrative hearings, making changes to the authority of administrative law judges and review judges, and making other changes in order to comply with federal rules. | Brian
Lindgren MSA Board of Appeals |
WSR 07-10-112 Filed 5/2/07 |
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Chapter 388-06 |
Background checks. | Amending, consolidating and colocating existing background check rules in other WAC chapters into this chapter. | Jackie Beery MSA Background Check Central Unit |
WSR 07-23-060 and 07-23-059 Filed 11/16/07 |
WSR 07-11-097 Filed 5/16/07 |
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PA - Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services | |||||||
Chapter 388-818 |
Deaf and hard of hearing services. | No current rule-making activity. | |||||
PA - Special Commitment Center | |||||||
Chapter 388-885 |
Civil commitment cost. | Updating reimbursement fee schedules for allowable activities under chapter 71.09 RCW. | Mark Davis Special Commitment Center |
WSR 04-10-092 Filed 5/4/04 |
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WAC 388-885-005 388-885-010 388-885-015 388-885-020 388-885-025 388-885-030 |
Civil commitment cost reimbursement. | Updating the rules to better reflect current practices as they relate to the reimbursement of local agencies for their costs associated with the civil commitment process of sexually violent predators. | Mark Davis Special Commitment Center |
WSR 08-01-022 Filed 12/7/07 |
"CR" stands for code reviser, or code reviser's office. The code reviser's office creates the "CR" forms used by DSHS and all state agencies to notify the public about rule-making actions.
A "preproposal notice" is a CR-101 preproposal statement of inquiry filed under RCW 34.05.310. This is a preliminary notice to the public that DSHS is in the planning stages to adopt, amend or repeal rules on a particular subject, and notes the laws authorizing the agency's action. The notice also lets the public know how to participate in the development of the rule, and identifies the department's contact person.
A "proposed rule" is a CR-102 proposed rule-making notice filed under RCW 34.05.320. The notice includes:
(1) A description of the rules that DSHS proposes to adopt, amend or repeal, and the reasons supporting the proposal;
(2) The date and location of a public hearing or hearings to take formal comments about the proposed rule; the deadline for sending written comments about the rule; and how written comments may be sent;
(3) The laws authorizing the agency action;
(4) The complete text of the proposed new or amended rules, or a list of rule sections being repealed;
(5) The text of a small business economic impact statement, if applicable;
(6) Information on how to obtain a copy of the preliminary cost-benefit analysis, if applicable; and
(7) Agency staff that the public may contact about the proposed rules.
An "expedited rule is a CR-105 expedited rule-making notice, filed under RCW 34.05.353. DSHS may use this process to notify the public that it intends to adopt, amend or repeal very limited types of rules without accepting public comments or holding a public hearing. After a minimum waiting period, DSHS may adopt the rule as permanent, if no one has objected in writing. If someone does object, the department must file a CR-102 notice, hold a public hearing and accept written comments before adopting the permanent rule.
A "permanent rule" is a CR-103 rule-making order, filed under RCW 34.05.360 and 34.05.380. The CR-103 gives notice that the department is adopting final new, amended or repealed rules, completing the rule-making process. A CR-103 rule-making order includes the complete text of the new or amended rules, or a list of the WAC numbers and caption of rules being repealed, and an explanation of any changes to the rule made after the CR-102 notice. Agencies also may use a CR-103 notice form to adopt temporary emergency rules (see below).
An "emergency rule" is also a CR-103 rule-making order, filed under RCW 34.05.350 and 34.05.380. This is a temporary rule used to meet an urgent public health, safety or welfare need, or to meet a deadline set in a law or federal requirement. Emergency rules are effective for one hundred twenty days after the filing date. Emergency rules may be extended in certain circumstances, but they may not become permanent rules unless the agency files a preproposal notice and/or a proposed rule notice as applicable, and complies with other applicable rule-making statutes. NOTE: Emergency rules listed in these tables are only those in effect at the time this agenda was filed for publication in the Washington state register.
"Rules" as used generally in this document are the Washington Administrative Code, also known as WAC or state regulations, which are adopted by state agencies according to the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW. References to "federal rules" or "federal regulations" are U.S. government regulations, also known as the Code of Federal Regulations or C.F.R.
State "statutes" are laws adopted by the Washington state legislature and signed by the governor, or may be initiatives adopted by the state's voters, and are codified as the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), except that laws adopting annual state budgets are not codified. Recent state statutes may also be listed by their session law numbers, such as "chapter 140, Laws of 2008," or by a legislative bill number, such as "ESSB 6387." United States government statutes may be noted by their U.S. Code number, Public Law number, Act title, or congressional bill number.
"WSR" is the Washington state register, the legal publication of state agency rules and other notices, published twice each month by the office of code reviser. Throughout this agenda, the seven-digit number following each WSR is the code reviser's official filing number assigned at the time DSHS files a rule-making notice with the code reviser. The WSR number, plus the date and time of filing, appears on the first page of each "CR" notice as filed. To view facsimiles of DSHS rule-making notices as filed with the code reviser, visit the DSHS public rule-making web site at http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/msa/rpau/. All DSHS rule-making notices are available to the public.
This agenda is for information purposes only. Errors in this rule-making agenda do not alter the content or effect of the DSHS rules and rule-making notices filed with the office of the code reviser and published in the Washington state register.
If you have questions about this rule-making agenda or the DSHS rule-making process, please contact the DSHS Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504-5850, by phone at (360) 664-6097. If you would like to receive DSHS rule-making notices by e-mail, please visit the DSHS rules and policies assistance unit (RPAU) web site for available electronic lists, at http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/msa/rpau/RPAU-Listserv.htm. If you would like to receive notices by postal mail, please contact Jennisha Johnson, RPAU Rules Consultant, at (360) 664-6094, or by e-mail at johnsjl4@dshs.wa.gov.
Stephanie Schiller
Rules Coordinator