INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Division of Healthcare Services
Subject: Optional healthcare services.
Effective Date: January 1, 2011.
Document Description: The department intends to submit amendments to the Title XIX medicaid state plan to eliminate coverage of optional health care services as a consequence of Executive Order 10-04, which Governor Gregoire issued on September 13, 2010. For a full list of services to be cut, please visit the medicaid budget web site at http://hrsa.dshs.wa.gov/News/Budget.htm. Providers also are encouraged to join a listserv for relevant e-mails at https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/hrsalistsrvsignup/.
To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Jim Stevenson, Communications, P.O. Box 45502, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-1915, TDD/TTY 800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-9551, e-mail stevejh2@dshs.wa.gov.