WSR 06-08-046 PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Health and Recovery Services Administration)[ Filed March 30, 2006, 1:56 p.m. , effective April 30, 2006 ] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The rules add language to clarify, update, and ensure clear and consistent policies for the certified public expenditure (CPE) program, the disproportional share hospital (DSH) program, and the trauma program; add an additional requirement that peer group E hospitals are not eligible for certain DSH programs; add a new section that identifies the criteria for considering a hospital's eligibility for the psychiatric indigent inpatient disproportionate share hospital (PIIDSH) payment and that PIIDSH payments are determined using a prospective payment method; replace "medical assistance administration" and "MAA" with "the department"; add language that requires hospitals to annually submit a copy of their charity and bad debt policy; repeal WAC 388-550-6800 and provide updated language in new section WAC 388-550-5425 regarding the upper payment limit (UPL) for inpatient hospital services; and delete language that allows payment through the ratio of costs-to-charges (RCC) payment method when the department determines that the psychiatric services provided to a client eligible under a state-only administered program qualify for a special exemption.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-550-6800; and amending WAC 388-550-3300, 388-550-4300, 388-550-4600, 388-550-4650, 388-550-4900, 388-550-5000, 388-550-5150, 388-550-5200, 388-550-5210, 388-550-5220, 388-550-5400, and 388-550-5450.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.500.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 06-05-103 and 06-05-104 on February 14, 2006.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Ayuni Wimpee, P.O. Box 45510, Olympia, WA 98504-5510, phone (360) 725-1835, fax (360) 753-9152, e-mail wimpeah@dshs.wa.gov. (No changes were made. The preliminary cost-benefit analysis will be final.)
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 2, Amended 12, 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 2, Amended 12, Repealed 1.
Date Adopted: March 28, 2006.
Andy Fernando, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
Reviser's note: The material contained in this filing exceeded the page-count limitations of WAC 1-21-040 for appearance in this issue of the Register. It will appear in the 06-09 issue of the Register.
