WSR 19-19-042

PERMANENT RULES

HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY

[Filed September 12, 2019, 12:20 p.m., effective October 13, 2019]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: The agency is updating the rules for program integrity activities related [to] managed care to align with federal rules. As part of this rule making, the agency is repealing WAC 182-538A-160 and replacing it with revisions to chapter 182-502A WAC (see WSR 19-08-089).

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 182-538A-160.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021, 41.05.160.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 19-16-022 on July 26, 2019.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Date Adopted: September 12, 2019.

Wendy Barcus

Rules Coordinator

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: