WSR 22-20-058
EMERGENCY RULES
HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
[Filed September 29, 2022, 12:14 p.m., effective October 1, 2022]
Effective Date of Rule: October 1, 2022.
Purpose: The agency is repealing WAC 182-538D-0262 Behavioral health administrative service organizations and managed care organizations
—Behavioral health ombuds office. These revisions will align with the new statewide ombuds program under chapter
71.40 RCW that takes effect October 1, 2022.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 182-538D-0262.
Under RCW
34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: Currently, WAC 182-538D-0262 provides that a behavioral health administrative service organization (as defined under WAC 182-538-050) must maintain a behavioral health ombuds office for medicaid managed care enrollees. Chapter
71.40 RCW subsequently established the office of behavioral health consumer advocacy administered by the department of commerce, effective October 1, 2022. To align with this change, the agency must repeal WAC 182-538D-0262, effective October 1, 2022.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed [1].
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 29, 2022.
Wendy Barcus
Rules Coordinator
OTS-4111.1
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 182-538D-0262 | Behavioral health administrative service organizations and managed care organizations—Behavioral health ombuds office. |