WAC 182-504-0030 Medical certification periods for recipients of medical care services (MCS).

1.  The certification period for medical care services (MCS) begins:

a.  The date the agency or the agency's designee has enough information to make an eligibility decision; or

b.  No later than the forty-fifth day from the date the agency or the agency's designee received the application unless the applicant is confined in a Washington state public institution as defined in WAC 388-406-0005  (6)(a) on the forty-fifth day, in which case MCS coverage will start on the date of release from confinement.

2.  The certification period may or may not run concurrently with the incapacity review; and

3.  MCS coverage may end before the certification period ends when the incapacity review and financial review do not run concurrently.