WSR 17-13-108

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed June 20, 2017, 10:43 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department is proposing to amend WAC 388-105-0005 The daily medicaid payment rates for clients who have been assessed using the CARE tool and reside at an AFH or assisted living facility contracted to provide AL, ARC, or EARC services, and other related rules as may be required.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.39A.030 (3)(a).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department anticipates that the rates on this table will change when the state fiscal year 2018-2019 budget is passed. This table will be amended to reflect those new rates upon the passage of a budget.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: DSHS welcomes the public to take part in developing the rules. Anyone interested should contact the staff person identified below. At a later date, DSHS will file a proposal with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making. A copy of the proposal will be sent to everyone on the mailing list and to anyone who requests a copy.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Elizabeth Pashley, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600, phone (360) 725-2447, fax (360) 725-2641, TTY 1-877-905-0454, email Elizabeth.Pashley@dshs.wa.gov.

June 19, 2017

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator