WSR 01-21-077

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Adult Services Administration)

[ Filed October 18, 2001, 4:08 p.m. ]

Date of Adoption: October 16, 2001.

Purpose: To update the Medicaid payment rates for the July 1, 2001, increases enacted by the legislature in ESSB 6153.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-105-0005.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Section 206, chapter 7, Laws of 2001.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-18-033 on August 28, 2001.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

October 16, 2001

Brian H. Lindgren, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

2977.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-14-056, filed 6/29/01, effective 7/30/01)

WAC 388-105-0005   What are the daily Medicaid payment rates for contracted adult family home (AFH), adult residential care (ARC), and enhanced adult residential care (EARC) services?   For contracted AFH, ARC, and EARC services, the department pays the following daily rates for care of a Medicaid resident:


Four level payment system rates for AFHs, ARCs, & EARCs
Care Levels Non-

metropolitan

Metropolitan*

King Co.
Level 1 $((42.41)) 44.94

$((41.19)) 43.68 $((41.19)) 43.68
Level 2 $((45.06)) 47.84 $((47.24)) 50.05 $((52.49)) 55.42
Level 3 $((52.26)) 55.40 $((54.64)) 57.80 $((60.65)) 63.96
Level 4 $((63.09)) 66.66

$((66.89)) 70.52 $((72.90)) 76.67

*Benton, Clark, Franklin, Island, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima Counties.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.39A RCW. 01-14-056, 388-105-0005, filed 6/29/01, effective 7/30/01.]

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