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WA Rev Code § 74.09.659 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.659 - Family planning waiver program request.

RCW 74.09.659 Family planning waiver program request.(1) The authority shall continue to submit applications for the family planning waiver program.(2) The authority shall submit a request to the federal department of health and human services to amend the current family planning waiver program as follows:(a) Provide coverage for sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment;(b) Return to the eligibility standards used in 2005 including, but not limited to, citizenship determination based on declaration or matching with federal social security databases, insurance eligibility standards comparable to 2005, and confidential service availability for minors and survivors of domestic and sexual violence; and(c) By September 30, 2011, submit an application to increase income eligibility to two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, to correspond with income eligibility for publicly funded maternity care services.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 41 § 2; 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 41; 2009 c 545 § 5.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 41 and by 2011 1st sp.s. c 41 § 2, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Funding reduction—2011 1st sp.s. c 41: See note following RCW 74.09.657.Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.Findings—2009 c 545: See note following RCW 43.06.155.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.660 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.660 - Prescription drug education for seniors—Grant qualifications.

RCW 74.09.660 Prescription drug education for seniors—Grant qualifications.Each of the state's area agencies on aging shall implement a program intended to inform and train persons sixty-five years of age and older in the safe and appropriate use of prescription and nonprescription medications. To further this purpose, the department shall award development grants averaging up to twenty-five thousand dollars to each of the agencies upon a showing that:(1) The agency has the ability to effectively administer such a program, including an understanding of the relevant issues and appropriate outreach and follow-up;(2) The agency can bring resources to the program in addition to those funded by the grant; and(3) The program will be a collaborative effort between the agency and other health care programs and providers in the location to be served, including doctors, pharmacists, and long-term care providers.[ 2003 1st sp.s. c 29 § 8.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—Effective date—2003 1st sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 74.09.650.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.671 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.671 - Incarcerated persons—Local jails—Behavioral health services—Federal funding.

RCW 74.09.671 Incarcerated persons—Local jails—Behavioral health services—Federal funding.The authority shall collaborate with the department, the Washington state association of counties, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, and accountable communities of health to improve population health and reduce avoidable use of intensive services and settings by requesting expenditure authority from the federal government to provide behavioral health services to persons who are incarcerated in local jails. The authority in consultation with its partners may narrow its submission to discrete programs or regions of the state as deemed advisable to effectively demonstrate the potential to achieve savings by integrating medical assistance across community and correctional settings.[ 2016 c 154 § 4.]NOTES:Intent—2016 c 154: See note following RCW 74.09.670.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.672 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.672 - Inmates of a public institution—Exclusion from medicaid coverage—Work release and partial confinement programs.

RCW 74.09.672 Inmates of a public institution—Exclusion from medicaid coverage—Work release and partial confinement programs.It is the understanding of the legislature that persons participating in a work release program or other partial confinement programs at the state, county, or city level which allow regular freedom during the day to pursue rehabilitative community activities such as participation in work, treatment, or medical care should not be considered "inmates of a public institution" for the purposes of exclusion from medicaid coverage under the social security act. The authority is instructed to obtain any permissions from the federal government necessary to confirm this understanding, and report back to the governor and relevant committees of the legislature.[ 2016 c 154 § 5.]NOTES:Intent—2016 c 154: See note following RCW 74.09.670.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.675 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.675 - Gender affirming care services—Prohibited discrimination.

RCW 74.09.675 Gender affirming care services—Prohibited discrimination.(1) In the provision of gender affirming care services through programs under this chapter, the authority, managed care plans, and providers that administer or deliver such services may not discriminate in the delivery of a service provided through a program of the authority based on the covered person's gender identity or expression.(2) Beginning January 1, 2022:(a) The authority and any managed care plans delivering or administering services purchased or contracted for by the authority may not apply categorical cosmetic or blanket exclusions to gender affirming treatment.(b) Facial feminization surgeries and facial gender affirming treatment, such as tracheal shaves, hair electrolysis, and other care such as mastectomies, breast reductions, breast implants, or any combination of gender affirming procedures, including revisions to prior treatment, when prescribed as gender affirming treatment, may not be excluded as cosmetic.(c) The authority and managed care plans administering services purchased or contracted for by the authority may not issue an adverse benefit determination denying or limiting access to gender affirming treatment, unless a health care provider with experience prescribing or delivering gender affirming treatment has reviewed and confirmed the appropriateness of the adverse benefit determination.(d) If the authority and managed care plans administering services purchased or contracted for by the authority do not have an adequate network for gender affirming treatment, they shall ensure the delivery of timely and geographically accessible medically necessary gender affirming treatment at no greater expense than if they had an in-network, geographically accessible provider available. This includes, but is not limited to, providing case management services to secure out-of-network gender affirming treatment options that are available to the enrollee in a timely manner within their geographic region. The enrollee shall pay no more than the same cost sharing that the enrollee would pay for the same covered services received from an in-network provider.(3) For the purposes of this section, "gender affirming treatment" means a service or product that a health care provider, as defined in RCW 70.02.010, prescribes to an individual to support and affirm the individual's gender identity. Gender affirming treatment includes, but is not limited to, treatment for gender dysphoria. Gender affirming treatment can be prescribed to two spirit, transgender, nonbinary, and other gender diverse individuals.(4) Nothing in this section may be construed to mandate coverage of a service that is not medically necessary.(5) The authority shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.[ 2021 c 280 § 4.]NOTES:Short title—2021 c 280: See note following RCW 49.60.178.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.710 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.710 - Chronic care management programs—Medical homes—Definitions.

RCW 74.09.710 Chronic care management programs—Medical homes—Definitions.(1) The authority, in collaboration with the department of health and the department of social and health services, shall:(a) Design and implement medical homes for its aged, blind, and disabled clients in conjunction with chronic care management programs to improve health outcomes, access, and cost-effectiveness. Programs must be evidence based, facilitating the use of information technology to improve quality of care, must acknowledge the role of primary care providers and include financial and other supports to enable these providers to effectively carry out their role in chronic care management, and must improve coordination of primary, acute, and long-term care for those clients with multiple chronic conditions. The authority shall consider expansion of existing medical home and chronic care management programs and build on the Washington state collaborative initiative. The authority shall use best practices in identifying those clients best served under a chronic care management model using predictive modeling through claims or other health risk information; and(b) Evaluate the effectiveness of current chronic care management efforts in the authority and the department, comparison to best practices, and recommendations for future efforts and organizational structure to improve chronic care management.(2) For purposes of this section:(a) "Medical home" means a site of care that provides comprehensive preventive and coordinated care centered on the patient needs and assures high quality, accessible, and efficient care.(b) "Chronic care management" means the authority's program that provides care management and coordination activities for medical assistance clients determined to be at risk for high medical costs. "Chronic care management" provides education and training and/or coordination that assist program participants in improving self-management skills to improve health outcomes and reduce medical costs by educating clients to better utilize services.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 43; 2007 c 259 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.Severability—Subheadings not law—2007 c 259: See notes following RCW 41.05.033.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.715 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.715 - Access to dental care.

RCW 74.09.715 Access to dental care.Within funds appropriated for this purpose, the authority shall establish two dental access projects to serve seniors and other adults who are categorically needy blind or disabled. The projects shall provide:(1) Enhanced reimbursement rates for certified dentists for specific procedures, to begin no sooner than July 1, 2009;(2) Reimbursement for trained medical providers for preventive oral health services, to begin no sooner than July 1, 2009;(3) Training, development, and implementation through a partnership with the University of Washington school of dentistry;(4) Local program coordination including outreach and case management; and(5) An evaluation that measures the change in utilization rates and cost savings.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 44; 2008 c 146 § 13.]NOTES:Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.Findings—Intent—Severability—2008 c 146: See notes following RCW 74.41.040.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.717 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.717 - Dental health aide therapist services—Federal funding.

RCW 74.09.717 Dental health aide therapist services—Federal funding.(1) It is the intent of the legislature to provide that dental health aide therapist services are eligible for medicaid funding in order to promote increased dental care access for persons served in settings operated by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.(2) The health care authority is directed to coordinate with the centers for medicare and medicaid services to provide that dental health aide therapist services authorized in chapter 70.350 RCW are eligible for federal funding of up to one hundred percent.[ 2017 c 5 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 74.09.720 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.720 - Prevention of blindness program.

RCW 74.09.720 Prevention of blindness program.(1) A prevention of blindness program is hereby established in the authority to provide prompt, specialized medical eye care, including assistance with costs when necessary, for conditions in which sight is endangered or sight can be restored or significantly improved. The authority shall adopt rules concerning program eligibility, levels of assistance, and the scope of services.(2) The authority shall employ on a part-time basis an ophthalmological and/or an optometrical consultant to provide liaison with participating eye physicians and to review medical recommendations made by an applicant's eye physician to determine whether the proposed services meet program standards.(3) The authority and the department of services for the blind shall formulate a cooperative agreement concerning referral of clients between the two agencies and the coordination of policies and services.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 45; 1983 c 194 § 26.]NOTES:Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.725 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.725 - Prostate cancer screening.

RCW 74.09.725 Prostate cancer screening.The authority shall provide coverage for prostate cancer screening under this chapter, provided that the screening is delivered upon the recommendation of the patient's physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 46; 2006 c 367 § 8.]NOTES:Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.730 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.730 - Disproportionate share hospital adjustment.

RCW 74.09.730 Disproportionate share hospital adjustment.(1) In establishing Title XIX payments for inpatient hospital services:(a) To the extent funds are appropriated specifically for this purpose, and subject to any conditions placed on appropriations made for this purpose, the authority shall provide a disproportionate share hospital adjustment considering the following components:(i) A low-income care component based on a hospital's medicaid utilization rate, its low-income utilization rate, its provision of obstetric services, and other factors authorized by federal law;(ii) A medical indigency care component based on a hospital's services to persons who are medically indigent; and(iii) A state-only component, to be paid from available state funds to hospitals that do not qualify for federal payments under (a)(ii) of this subsection, based on a hospital's services to persons who are medically indigent;(b) The payment methodology for disproportionate share hospitals shall be specified by the authority in regulation.(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a right or an entitlement by any hospital to any payment from the authority.[ 2018 c 201 § 7020; 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 47; 2009 c 538 § 1; 1991 sp.s. c 9 § 8; 1989 c 260 § 1; 1987 1st ex.s. c 5 § 20.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.Effective dates—1991 sp.s. c 9: See note following RCW 74.09.700.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.745 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.745 - Medicaid funding for home visiting services—Recommendations to legislature.

RCW 74.09.745 Medicaid funding for home visiting services—Recommendations to legislature.(1) The authority shall collaborate with the department of children, youth, and families to identify opportunities to leverage medicaid funding for home visiting services.(2) The authority must provide a set of recommendations relevant to subsection (1) of this section to the legislature by December 1, 2018, that builds upon the research and strategies developed in the Washington state home visiting and medicaid financing strategies report submitted by the authority to the department of early learning in August 2017.[ 2018 c 175 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2018 c 175: See note following RCW 74.09.495.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.748 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.748 - Regional service areas—Certain reimbursements required or allowed upon adoption of fully integrated managed health care system.

RCW 74.09.748 Regional service areas—Certain reimbursements required or allowed upon adoption of fully integrated managed health care system.Upon adoption of a fully integrated managed health care system pursuant to chapter 71.24 RCW, regional service areas:(1) Must allow reimbursement for time spent supervising persons working toward satisfying supervision requirements established for the relevant practice areas pursuant to RCW 18.225.090; and(2) May allow reimbursement for services delivered through a partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient program as described in RCW 71.24.385.[ 2018 c 175 § 8.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2018 c 175: See note following RCW 74.09.495.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.760 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.760 - Short title—1989 1st ex.s. c 10.

RCW 74.09.760 Short title—1989 1st ex.s. c 10.This act may be known and cited as the "maternity care access act of 1989."[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 10 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 74.09.770 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.770 - Maternity care access system established.

RCW 74.09.770 Maternity care access system established.(1) The legislature finds that Washington state and the nation as a whole have a high rate of infant illness and death compared with other industrialized nations. This is especially true for minority and low-income populations. Premature and low weight births have been directly linked to infant illness and death. The availability of adequate maternity care throughout the course of pregnancy has been identified as a major factor in reducing infant illness and death. Further, the investment in preventive health care programs, such as maternity care, contributes to the growth of a healthy and productive society and is a sound approach to health care cost containment. The legislature further finds that access to maternity care for low-income women in the state of Washington has declined significantly in recent years and has reached a crisis level.(2) It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide, consistent with appropriated funds, maternity care necessary to ensure healthy birth outcomes for low-income families. To this end, a maternity care access system is established based on the following principles:(a) The family is the fundamental unit in our society and should be supported through public policy.(b) Access to maternity care for eligible persons to ensure healthy birth outcomes should be made readily available in an expeditious manner through a single service entry point.(c) Unnecessary barriers to maternity care for eligible persons should be removed.(d) Access to preventive and other health care services should be available for low-income children.(e) Each woman should be encouraged to and assisted in making her own informed decisions about her maternity care.(f) Unnecessary barriers to the provision of maternity care by qualified health professionals should be removed.(g) The system should be sensitive to cultural differences among eligible persons.(h) To the extent possible, decisions about the scope, content, and delivery of services should be made at the local level involving a broad representation of community interests.(i) The maternity care access system should be evaluated at appropriate intervals to determine effectiveness and need for modification.(j) Maternity care services should be delivered in a cost-effective manner.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 48; 1989 1st ex.s. c 10 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
WA Rev Code § 74.09.780 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care.|74.09.780 - Reservation of legislative power.

RCW 74.09.780 Reservation of legislative power.The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this subchapter at any time and there shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this subchapter or any acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the legislature to amend or repeal this subchapter at any time.[ 2018 c 201 § 7021; 1989 1st ex.s. c 10 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.