WSR 10-02-040

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Health and Recovery Services Administration)

[ Filed December 30, 2009, 10:32 a.m. , effective January 1, 2010 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2010.

     Purpose: These emergency rules are necessary to remove medicare cost savings from estate recovery and also allow for future implementation of the long-term care (LTC) partnership agreement which will permit clients to protect assets or resources from both eligibility for LTC services and from estate recovery at the time of death through the purchase of a qualified LTC partnership agreement insurance policy.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-527-2733 and 388-527-2742.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: 42 U.S.C. 1396p (b)(1)(B)(ii), P.L. 109-171 (the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005).

     Other Authority: RCW 74.08.090.

     Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.

     Reasons for this Finding: These emergency rules are necessary to comply with rule changes enacted under the 2008 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act which amended Section 1917 (b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act to eliminate medicare cost-sharing expenses from estate recovery; and to incorporate language regarding LTC partnership agreements approved under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: December 22, 2009.

Don Goldsby, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

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AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-10-060, filed 4/30/04, effective 6/1/04)

WAC 388-527-2733   Estate liability.   (1) The client's estate is not liable for services provided before July 26, 1987.

     (2) The client's estate is not liable when the client died before July 1, 1994 and on the date of death there was:

     (a) A surviving spouse; or

     (b) A surviving child who was either:

     (i) Under twenty-one years of age; or

     (ii) Blind or disabled as defined under chapter 388-511 WAC.

     (3) The estate of a frail elder or vulnerable adult under RCW 74.34.005 is not liable for the cost of adult protective services (APS) financed with state funds only.

     (4) On or before December 31, 2009, the client's estate is not liable for amounts paid for medicare premiums and other cost-sharing expenses incurred on behalf of a client who is eligible only for the medicare savings programs (MSP), and not otherwise medicaid eligible.

     (5) On or after January 1, 2010, the client's estate is not liable for amounts paid for medical assistance cost-sharing for benefits for clients who received coverage under a MSP only for clients who receive coverage under a medicare savings program and medicaid as described in 42 USC 1396a (a)(10)(E).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.17.240, 43.20B.80 [43.20B.080], 74.08.090, 74.34.090, Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 7, Part II. 04-10-060, § 388-527-2733, filed 4/30/04, effective 6/1/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20B.080, 74.08.090 and 74.34.010. 99-11-076, § 388-527-2733, filed 5/18/99, effective 6/18/99.]


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 06-17-075, filed 8/14/06, effective 9/14/06)

WAC 388-527-2742   Services subject to recovery.   The department considers the medical services the client received and the dates when the services were provided to the client, in order to determine whether the client's estate is liable for the cost of medical services provided. Subsection (1) of this section covers liability for medicaid services ((and)), subsection (2) covers liability for state-only funded long-term care services, and subsection (3) covers liability for all other state-funded services. An estate can be liable under ((both)) any of these subsections.

     (1) The client's estate is liable for:

     (a) All medicaid services provided from July 26, 1987 through June 30, 1994;

     (b) The following medicaid services provided after June 30, 1994 and before July 1, 1995:

     (i) Nursing facility services;

     (ii) Home and community-based services; and

     (iii) Hospital and prescription drug services provided to a client while receiving nursing facility services or home and community-based services.

     (c) The following medicaid services provided after June 30, 1995 and before June 1, 2004:

     (i) Nursing facility services;

     (ii) Home and community-based services;

     (iii) Adult day health;

     (iv) Medicaid personal care;

     (v) Private duty nursing administered by the aging and disability services administration of the department; and

     (vi) Hospital and prescription drug services provided to a client while receiving services described under (c)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) of this subsection.

     (d) The following services provided on and after June 1, 2004 through December 31, 2009:

     (i) All medicaid services, including those services described in subsection (c) of this section;

     (ii) Medicare savings programs services for individuals also receiving medicaid;

     (iii) Medicare premiums only for individuals also receiving medicaid; and

     (iv) Premium payments to managed care organizations.

     (e) The following services provided on or after January 1, 2010:

     (i) All medicaid services except those defined under subsection (d)(ii) and (d)(iii) of this section;

     (ii) All institutional medicaid services described in subsection (c) of this section;

     (iii) Premium payments to managed care organizations.

     (2) The client's estate is liable for all state-only funded long-term care services and related hospital and prescription drug services provided to:

     (a) Home and community services' clients on and after July 1, 1995; and

     (b) Division of developmental disabilities' clients on and after June 1, 2004.

     (3) The client's estate is liable for all state-funded services provided regardless of the age of the client at the time the services were provided.

[Statutory Authority: 2005 c 292, RCW 43.20B.080, 74.39A.170, 42 U.S.C. Section 1396p. 06-17-075, § 388-527-2742, filed 8/14/06, effective 9/14/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.17.240, 43.20B.80 [43.20B.080], 74.08.090, 74.34.090, Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 7, Part II. 04-10-060, § 388-527-2742, filed 4/30/04, effective 6/1/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20B.080, 74.08.090 and 74.34.010. 99-11-076, § 388-527-2742, filed 5/18/99, effective 6/18/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 18. 95-19-001 (Order 3893), § 388-527-2742, filed 9/6/95, effective 10/7/95.]

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