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               (See also HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY; LONG-TERM CARE)
Aged, blind, or disabled assistance program, eligibility for victims of human trafficking: * HB 1748, CH 208 (2022)
Apple health and homes program, establishing, and office of apple health and homes, creating: * ESHB 1866, CH 216 (2022)
Apple health and homes program, establishing, and office of health and homes, creating: HB 1866
Applicants, agency inquiry about military service to provide relevant information: * E2SHB 1181, CH 191 (2022)
Applicants/recipients, adjudicative proceeding application deadline, failing to meet, good cause exception: SB 5729, * SSB 5729, CH 163 (2022)
Applications/intake, agency inquiry about military service to provide relevant information: HB 1181, SHB 1181
Assistance, public, DSHS programs, minimum service expectations and requirements for DSHS, establishing: HB 2075, SHB 2075
Assistance, public, DSHS programs, minimum service expectations/requirements for DSHS's CSD, establishing: * E2SHB 2075 (2022) V
Basic food categorical income eligibility program, creating for income eligibility for other assistance programs: SB 5433
Child welfare services, caregiver communication specialist position and caregivers automated notification system: SHB 1945
Child welfare services, caregiver liaison program and caregivers automated notification system: HB 1945
Child welfare services, certain DCYF workers, training concerning placement of children experiencing disruption: HB 2038
Child welfare services, dependency proceedings, legal representation for child in, when: HB 1219, SHB 1219, * 2SHB 1219, CH 210 (2021)
Child welfare services, dependency proceedings, placement with relative appointed as guardian: HB 1747, * SHB 1747, CH 127 (2022)
Child welfare services, dependency proceedings, returning child home, casework supervision of certain parents: HB 1944
Child welfare services, dependency proceedings, student who is the subject of, education requirements for: HB 1955, * SHB 1955, CH 78 (2022)
Child welfare services, dependency system, early childhood court program for infants/toddlers in, establishing: SB 5331, SSB 5331, * 2SSB 5331, CH 285 (2021)
Child welfare services, dependent youth with developmental disabilities exiting system: HB 1061, SHB 1061, * 2SHB 1061, CH 56 (2021)
Child welfare services, dependent youth, self-controlled bank account with financial institution, program to provide: SB 5824, SSB 5824
Child welfare services, exceptional cost payments to foster parents accepting placement of certain children: HB 2038, SHB 2038, 2SHB 2038
Child welfare services, medical/dental/behavioral health care for children in DCYF custody: HB 1205
Child welfare services, social services specialist three job classification, increasing staffing level of: HB 2038
COVID-19, due to, assistance need standards for households, expanding goods/services included in: HB 1151, * SHB 1151, CH 9 (2021)
COVID-19, due to, consolidated emergency assistance program for families with children, modifying: HB 1151, * SHB 1151, CH 9 (2021)
COVID-19, due to, one-time cash benefit and transitional food assistance for certain households: HB 1151, * SHB 1151, CH 9 (2021)
COVID-19, due to, using certain freed-up federal coronavirus funds for cash and food assistance: HB 1368, * ESHB 1368, CH 3 (2021), SB 5344
COVID-19, due to, using certain freed-up federal coronavirus funds for medical assistance: HB 1368, * ESHB 1368, CH 3 (2021), SB 5344
Developmental and intellectual disabilities, individuals with, rehabilitation services for: SB 5790, * SSB 5790, CH 167 (2022)
Emergency assistance program, consolidated (CEAP), providing diversion cash and emergency assistance: SB 5954
Emergency assistance program, consolidated (CEAP), to include individuals and families without children: SB 5954
Evergreen basic income trust, creating: HB 2009
Food assistance recipients, as hard-to-place job seekers, B&O/public utility tax credits for employers hiring: SB 5358
Food assistance, basic food categorical income eligibility program, creating: SB 5433
Food assistance, transitional, for unsanctioned members of household ceasing to receive TANF: SB 5785, * SSB 5785, CH 98 (2022)
Home and community services, waiver services while living at home, personal needs allowance for, increasing: SB 5745, * SSB 5745, CH 164 (2022)
Host homes, with host home programs, real property used as, property tax exemption: HB 1175
Host homes, with host home programs, real property used as, state property tax exemption: ESHB 1175
Interpreters, spoken language, for medical appointments, when medical provider provides, reimbursement: HB 2004, SB 5808
Medicaid, ability to apply for persons incarcerated for less than 30 days: * SHB 1348, CH 166 (2021)
Medicaid, agreements with managed care systems, submitting rates to systems before contract signing: HB 1959
Medicaid, annual mental health wellness exam by qualified mental health care provider, coverage for: SB 5889
Medicaid, assisted living facilities, provider prevailing wages, stakeholder group concerning, convening: HB 1645
Medicaid, assisted living facility payment methodology, fully funded model for, implementing: HB 1645
Medicaid, audio-only telemedicine, managed care plan/fee-for-service reimbursement of services via: HB 1196, * ESHB 1196, CH 157 (2021), SB 5325
Medicaid, behavioral health support specialist services coverage under: SB 5884, SSB 5884, E2SSB 5884
Medicaid, children's mental health assessment/diagnosis, from birth through 5 years of age: HB 1325, SHB 1325, * 2SHB 1325, CH 126 (2021)
Medicaid, children, early and periodic screening/diagnosis/treatment schedules, aligning with certain standards: SB 5912, SSB 5912
Medicaid, clubhouses and peer-run organizations for persons with mental illness: ESB 5328
Medicaid, community residential service providers, for persons with developmental disabilities, rates for, studying: SB 5268, * ESSB 5268, CH 219 (2022)
Medicaid, developmental/intellectual disabilities, individuals with, employment/community inclusion provider rates: SB 5790, * SSB 5790, CH 167 (2022)
Medicaid, dialysate/dialysis device manufacturers dispensing directly to patients, certain exemptions: HB 1675, * SHB 1675, CH 23 (2022), SB 5507
Medicaid, donor breast milk for inpatient use, coverage for: SB 5702
Medicaid, donor human milk for inpatient use, coverage for: SSB 5702, * E2SSB 5702, CH 236 (2022)
Medicaid, enrollees, in-network services for, ambulatory surgical facility/hospital role: SB 5377
Medicaid, federal matching funds, reattributing certain federal funds 2019-2021 appropriations to: * HB 1367, CH 5 (2021), SB 5343
Medicaid, federal, when ineligible due to immigration status, state-only coverage and health/dental plans: HB 1191
Medicaid, gender-affirming health care treatment, coverage for, requirements/unfair practices: SSB 5313, * 2SSB 5313, CH 280 (2021)
Medicaid, HIV antiviral drugs coverage when FDA-approved: HB 2079, SB 5551
Medicaid, hospital services, safety net assessment for, extending expiration of: * HB 1316, CH 255 (2021)
Medicaid, long-term care, consumer directed employer program, rate-setting board and employer provisions: SB 5258, * SSB 5258, CH 186 (2021)
Medicaid, long-term services and supports, eligibility determinations/other functions, performance by Indian tribes: HB 2060, * SB 5866, CH 255 (2022)
Medicaid, managed care contracts, enrollees discharged from inpatient behavioral health, housing services for: HB 1860, SHB 1860, * 2SHB 1860, CH 215 (2022)
Medicaid, managed care organizations, covered lives assessment, foundational public health services use of: HB 1201, SB 5149, SSB 5149
Medicaid, managed care, genetic testing for children with seizures/neurological symptoms/etc.: HB 1346
Medicaid, managed care/fee-for-service, payment for mobile crisis/triage facility/crisis stabilization services: HB 1182, HB 1477, SHB 1477, SB 5209
Medicaid, medicaid expenditure forecast work group, creating: SB 5620, SSB 5620
Medicaid, nursing facilities, rate adjustment for inflation: SB 5311, SSB 5311
Medicaid, nursing facilities, rate rebasing and case mix: HB 1275
Medicaid, opioid overdose reversal medication, medicaid billing and provider reimbursement for: SSB 5195
Medicaid, opioid overdose reversal medication, medicaid billing and reimbursement for: * 2SSB 5195, CH 273 (2021)
Medicaid, postpartum coverage for postpartum/pregnant persons, extending: SB 5068, * SSB 5068, CH 90 (2021)
Medicaid, prescription drugs for mental health conditions, utilization management for, prohibiting, when: SB 5794, ESSB 5794
Medicaid, primary care services providers, reimbursing at higher rate: SB 5246
Medicaid, primary care, behavioral health in, multi-payer primary care transformation model to aid: SB 5894
Medicaid, primary care, pediatric community health workers, reimbursement of: SSB 5894
Medicaid, primary care, pediatric/mental health, multi-payer primary care transformation model to aid: SSB 5894
Medicaid, program integrity activities, health care authority oversight/duties: SB 5620, SSB 5620
Medicaid, rate enhancements and incentive payments, using federal medicaid matching funds for: * HB 1367, CH 5 (2021), SB 5343
Medicaid, state plan, adding minor behavioral health partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient programs to: SB 5736, SSB 5736, * 2SSB 5736, CH 94 (2022)
Medicaid, suspense status, for persons incarcerated for less than 30 days, prohibiting: HB 1348, * SHB 1348, CH 166 (2021)
Medicaid, suspense status, pre-release medical assistance reinstatement for confined persons in: SB 5304, SSB 5304, * E2SSB 5304, CH 243 (2021) PV
Medicaid, telemedicine, audio-only, patient/provider "established relationship" before providing, requirements: HB 1821, * ESHB 1821, CH 213 (2022)
Medicaid, telemedicine, delivery of behavioral health services via, BHASO and MCO reimbursement for, when: * SSB 5325, CH 100 (2021)
Medicaid, waiver services, dependent youth with developmental disabilities eligibility: HB 1061, SHB 1061, * 2SHB 1061, CH 56 (2021)
Medicaid, waiver services, youth with developmental disabilities who have exited dependency proceedings: SHB 1061, * 2SHB 1061, CH 56 (2021)
Medical appointments, spoken language interpreters for, when medical provider provides, reimbursement: HB 2004, SB 5808
Medical assistance clients, exiting inpatient behavioral health settings, homelessness/housing instability: HB 1860, SHB 1860, * 2SHB 1860, CH 215 (2022)
Medical assistance, enrollees, in-network services for, ambulatory surgical facility/hospital role: SB 5377
Medical assistance, mental health wellness exam by qualified mental health care provider, coverage for: SB 5889
Medical assistance, persons enrolled in, supportive housing and community support services benefits for, when: * ESHB 1866, CH 216 (2022)
Medical assistance, persons enrolled in, supportive housing benefit for, when: HB 1866
Postpartum/pregnant persons, medicaid postpartum coverage for, extending after COVID emergency: SB 5068, * SSB 5068, CH 90 (2021)
Student financial aid, WA college grants, eligibility of recipients of certain assistance for: HB 1835, SHB 1835, * 2SHB 1835, CH 214 (2022)
Supplemental security income, recipients of, B&O/public utility tax credits for employers hiring: SB 5358
Temporary assistance for needy families, diapers/other necessities for child under 3 years, monthly payments for: HB 1947, SHB 1947, SB 5838, * SSB 5838, CH 100 (2022)
Trafficking, human, victims of, aged, blind, or disabled program eligibility for: * HB 1748, CH 208 (2022)
WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force, legislative-executive, adding nonvoting members: * SB 5929, CH 176 (2022)
WorkFirst TANF program, extension beyond 60 months limit for months when unemployment rate at/above 7 percent: * 2SSB 5214, CH 239 (2021)
WorkFirst TANF program, ineligibility after 60 months, exemption from, for hardship, when: * HB 1755, CH 24 (2022), SB 5214, * 2SSB 5214, CH 239 (2021)
WorkFirst TANF program, ineligibility after 60 months, exemption from, undue hardship standard for: HB 2048, SHB 2048, 2SHB 2048
WorkFirst TANF program, ineligibility after 60 months, exemption when unemployment rate at/above 7 percent: * HB 1755, CH 24 (2022)
WorkFirst TANF program, ineligibility after 60 months, not counting months when unemployment rate at/above 7 percent: SSB 5214
WorkFirst TANF program, noncompliance, termination after 12 months' continuous, removing requirement: SB 5214
WorkFirst TANF program, recipients as hard-to-place job seekers, B&O/public utility tax credits for employers hiring: SB 5358
WorkFirst TANF program, various modifications: SB 5214
WorkFirst TANF program, WorkFirst orientation attendance requirement, dropping, when: SB 5214
Youth, host homes for, real property used as, property tax exemption for: HB 1175
Youth, host homes for, real property used as, state property tax exemption for: ESHB 1175