The following rules apply to any in-home services agency licensed or an applicant intending to become licensed to provide hospice services, and intending to become a medicare certified or medicaid contracted service provider in a designated planning area.
Table A
Application Submission Period | Department Action | Application Review Period | ||||||
Concurrent Review Cycle | Letters of Intent Due | Receipt of Initial Application | End of Screening Period | Applicant Response | Beginning of Review | Public Comment | Rebuttal | Ex Parte Period |
Cycle 1 (Chelan, Douglas, Clallam, Clark, Skamania, Cowlitz, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan, Pacific, San Juan, Skagit, Spokane, and Yakima). | Last working day of November of each year. | Last working day of December of each year. | Last working day of January of each year. | Last working day of February of each year. | March 16 of each year or the first working day thereafter. | 45-Day public comment period (including public hearing). Begins March 17 or the first working day thereafter. | 30-Day rebuttal period. Applicant and affected person response to public comment. | 75-Day ex parte period. Department evaluation and decision. |
Cycle 2 (Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Kitsap, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pend Oreille, Pierce, Snohomish, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, and Whitman). | Last working day of December of each year. | Last working day of January of each year. | Last working day of February of each year. | Last working day of March of each year. | April 16 of each year or the first working day thereafter. | 45-Day public comment period (including public hearing). Begins April 17 or the first working day thereafter. | 30-Day rebuttal period. Applicant and affected person response to public comment. | 75-Day ex parte period. Department evaluation and decision. |
Wash. Admin. Code § 246-310-290
Statutory Authority: Chapters 70.127 and 70.38 RCW. 03-07-096, § 246-310-290, filed 3/19/03, effective 4/19/03.