PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 388-538 WAC, Managed care.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.510, and 74.09.522.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department plans to review this chapter of rule to address exemptions/disenrollments from healthy options managed care plans, in order to ensure that clients have adequate access to care. While there are no current plans to change existing policy in other areas, the department realizes that the review may identify some areas of the rules that need updating or clarifying, and so gives notice that such may occur.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department invites the interested public to review and provide input on the draft language of this WAC. Draft material and information about how to participate are available by contacting the DSHS representative identified below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting L. Mike Freeman, Regulatory Improvement Program, Mailstop 45533, Olympia, WA 98504-5533, phone (360) 725-1350, fax (360) 586-9727, e-mail freemlm@dshs.wa.gov.
March 8, 2001
Bonita H. Jacques, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit