This section applies to medicaid-approved providers who currently do not provide pediatric palliative care (PPC) services to medicaid clients.

1. (1) To apply to become a medicaid-approved provider of PPC services, a provider must:

   1. (a) Be a medicaid-approved hospice agency (see WAC 182-551-1300 and 182-551-1305); and
   2. (b) Submit a letter to the medicaid agency's hospice/PPC program manager requesting to become a medicaid-approved provider of PPC and include a copy of the provider's policies and position descriptions with minimum qualifications specific to pediatric palliative care.

2. (2) A hospice agency qualifies to provide PPC services when:

   1. (a) All the requirements in this section are met; and
   2. (b) The medicaid agency provides the hospice agency with written notification.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021 and 41.05.160. WSR 25-16-015, s 182-551-1830, filed 7/25/25, effective 9/1/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.021, Section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148), and Section 1814 (a)(7) of the Social Security Act. WSR 12-09-079, § 182-551-1830, filed 4/17/12, effective 5/18/12. WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-551-1830, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 05-18-033, § 388-551-1830, filed 8/30/05, effective 10/1/05.]