WSR 09-15-082

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Health and Recovery Services Administration)

[ Filed July 14, 2009, 8:00 a.m. , effective August 14, 2009 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: Recently passed federal legislation allows: (1) States, beginning April 1, 2009, to provide medicaid and state children's health insurance program coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women without the five-year delay from the time of their United States entry; and (2) Afghan special immigrants to be eligible for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) and medicaid for up to eight months as allowed under federal law effective March 11, 2009.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-424-0006, 388-424-0010, and 388-424-0016.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, and 74.08A.120.

     Other Authority: P.L. No. 111-3 (H.R. 2, Title II, Sec. 214 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009); P.L. No. 111-08 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, Office of Refugee Resettlement State Letter #09-17.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 09-11-107 on May 29 [19], 2009.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 3, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 3, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: June 29, 2009.

Stephanie E. Schiller

Rules Coordinator

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AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-07-023, filed 3/9/07, effective 4/9/07)

WAC 388-424-0006   Citizenship and alien status -- Date of entry.   (1) A person who physically entered the U.S. prior to August 22, 1996 and who continuously resided in the U.S. prior to becoming a "qualified alien" (as defined in WAC 388-424-0001) is not subject to the five-year bar on TANF, nonemergency medicaid, and SCHIP.

     (2) A person who entered the U.S. prior to August 22, 1996 but became "qualified" on or after August 22, 1996, or who physically entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996 and who requires five years of residency to be eligible for federal Basic Food, can only count years of residence during which they were a "qualified alien."

     (3) A person who physically entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996 is subject to the five-year bar on TANF, nonemergency medicaid, and SCHIP unless exempt. The five-year bar starts on the date that "qualified" status is obtained.

     (4) The following "qualified aliens," as defined in WAC 388-424-0001, are exempt from the five-year bar:

     (a) Amerasian lawful permanent residents;

     (b) Asylees;

     (c) Cuban/Haitian entrants;

     (d) Persons granted withholding of deportation or removal;

     (e) Refugees;

     (f) Victims of trafficking who have been certified or had their eligibility approved by the office of refugee resettlement (ORR); and

     (g) Lawful permanent residents, parolees, or battered aliens, as defined in WAC 388-424-0001, who are also an armed services member or veteran as described in WAC 388-424-0007.

     (5) In addition to subsection (4) of this section, the following "qualified aliens" are also exempt from the five-year bar on nonemergency medicaid and SCHIP:

     (a) Pregnant women;

     (b) Children under nineteen years of age; and

     (c) Children under twenty-one years of age who are residing in a medical institution as described in WAC 388-505-0230.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.09.500, 74.09.530. 07-07-023, § 388-424-0006, filed 3/9/07, effective 4/9/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 05-16-055, § 388-424-0006, filed 7/28/05, effective 8/28/05; 04-15-004, § 388-424-0006, filed 7/7/04, effective 8/7/04.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 08-14-116, filed 6/30/08, effective 8/1/08)

WAC 388-424-0010   Citizenship and alien status -- Eligibility restrictions for ((the temporary assistance for needy families program and medical benefits, including)) TANF, nonemergency medicaid, and ((the children's healthcare programs)) SCHIP.   (1) To receive TANF, nonemergency medicaid, or ((medical benefits)) SCHIP, you must meet all other eligibility requirements and be one of the following as defined in WAC 388-424-0001:

     (a) A U.S. citizen;

     (b) A U.S. national;

     (c) An American Indian born outside the U.S.;

     (d) A "qualified alien";

     (e) A victim of trafficking;

     (f) A Hmong or Highland Lao; or

     (g) A special immigrant from Iraq or Afghanistan eligible for eight months of federally funded assistance from your date of entry into the United States or from the date you received special immigrant status((; or

     (h) A special immigrant from Afghanistan eligible for six months of federally funded assistance from your date of entry into the United States or from the date you received special immigrant status)).

     (2) A "qualified alien" who first physically entered the U.S. before August 22, 1996 as described in WAC 388-424-0006(1) may receive TANF, nonemergency medicaid, and SCHIP ((benefits)).

     (3) A "qualified alien" who first physically entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996 cannot receive TANF, nonemergency medicaid, or SCHIP for five years after obtaining status as a qualified alien unless:

     (a) He or she is an alien as described ((under)) in WAC 388-424-0006(4); or

     (b) He or she is an alien as described in WAC 388-424-0006(5) applying for nonemergency medicaid or SCHIP.

     (4) An alien who is ineligible for TANF((, nonemergency medicaid, or SCHIP)) because of the five-year bar or because of their immigration status may be eligible for:

     (a) Emergency benefits as described in WAC 388-436-0015 (consolidated emergency assistance program) and WAC 388-438-0110 (alien emergency medical program); or

     (b) State-funded cash or chemical dependency benefits as described in WAC 388-424-0015 (SFA, GA and ADATSA) and medical benefits as described in WAC 388-424-0016; or

     (c) Pregnancy medical benefits as described in WAC 388-462-0015; or

     (d) Children's ((health program)) healthcare benefits as described in WAC 388-505-0210.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08A.320, 74.08.090, and Public Law 110-161 Section 525; Public Law 110-181 Section 1244; FNS Admin Notice 08-17; State Letter 04-12 from the Office of Refugee Resettlement. 08-14-116, § 388-424-0010, filed 6/30/08, effective 8/1/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.530, and 74.09.415. 05-23-013, § 388-424-0010, filed 11/4/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 04-15-004, § 388-424-0010, filed 7/7/04, effective 8/7/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.08A.100, 74.09.080, and 74.09.415. 02-17-030, § 388-424-0010, filed 8/12/02, effective 9/12/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.09.530, and Public Law 106-395. 02-03-008, § 388-424-0010, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/4/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.08A.100. 99-17-023, § 388-424-0010, filed 8/10/99, effective 9/10/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-424-0010, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98. Formerly WAC 388-505-0520 and 388-518-1805.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-15-004, filed 7/7/04, effective 8/7/04)

WAC 388-424-0016   Citizenship and alien status -- Immigrant eligibility restrictions for state medical benefits.   (((1))) To receive general assistance medical (medical care services) you must meet the alien requirements of general assistance as described in WAC 388-424-0015(2) and be a recipient of general assistance cash.

     (((2) To receive medical benefits for pregnancy, you must be ineligible for other programs as described in WAC 388-462-0015, verify you are pregnant, and be:

     (a) A "qualified alien" who is ineligible for TANF due to the five-year bar as described in WAC 388-424-0006(3);

     (b) PRUCOL as defined in WAC 388-424-0001; or

     (c) An undocumented alien as defined in WAC 388-424-0001.))

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 04-15-004, § 388-424-0016, filed 7/7/04, effective 8/7/04.]

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