Wash. Admin. Code § 110-80-0370 – What department requirements apply to adoption support reconsideration services?

(1) The department must authorize, in writing, any services paid by the adoption support reconsideration program before the services are provided.
(2) The department must base the authorized level of service on the child's needs and must limit the level of service to established program rates.
(3) The department must limit medical services to those services that would be available to the child if the child were eligible for medicaid coverage.
(4) The department must make no cash payments to the family.
(5) The department must make payment directly to the provider of the authorized service.
(6) The adoptive parents' basic health insurance must provide primary coverage and must be used before billing the reconsideration program. The adoption support reconsideration program must be the secondary insurer.

[WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-80-0370, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-045, § 388-27-0350, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]