Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) You may apply
for Washington apple health at any time.
(2) For apple health programs for children,
pregnant people, parents and caretaker relatives, and adults age 64 and under
without medicare (including people who have a disability or are blind), you may
apply:
(a) Online via the Washington
Healthplanfinder at
www.wahealthplanfinder.org;
(b) By calling the Washington
Healthplanfinder customer support center and completing an application by
telephone;
(c) By completing the
application for health care coverage (HCA 18-001P), and mailing or faxing to
Washington Healthplanfinder; or
(d)
At a department of social and health services (DSHS) community services office
(CSO).
(3) If you seek
apple health coverage and are age 65 or older, have a disability, are blind,
need assistance with medicare costs, or seek coverage of long-term services and
supports, you may apply:
(a) Online via
Washington Connection at
www.WashingtonConnection.org;
(b) By completing the application for aged,
blind, disabled/long-term care coverage (HCA 18-005) and mailing or faxing it
to DSHS;
(c) By calling the DSHS
customer service contact center and completing an application by
telephone;
(d) In person at a local
DSHS CSO or home and community services (HCS) office; or
(e) As specified in subsection (2) of this
section, if you are a child, pregnant, a parent or caretaker relative, or an
adult age 64 and under without medicare.
(4) You may receive help filing an
application.
(a) For households containing
people described in subsection (2) of this section:
(i) Call the Washington Healthplanfinder
customer support center number listed on the application for health care
coverage form (HCA 18-001P); or
(ii) Contact a navigator, health care
authority volunteer assistor, or broker.
(b) For people described in subsection (3) of
this section who are not applying with a household containing people described
in subsection (2) of this section:
(i) Call or
visit a local DSHS CSO or HCS office; or
(ii) Call the DSHS community services
customer service contact center number listed on the medicaid application
form.
(5) To
apply for tailored supports for older adults (TSOA), see WAC
182-513-1625.
(6) You must apply directly with the service
provider for the following programs:
(a) The
breast and cervical cancer treatment program under WAC
182-505-0120;
(b) The family planning only programs under
chapter 182-532 WAC; and
(c) The
kidney disease program under chapter 182-540 WAC.
(7) For the confidential pregnant minor
program under WAC
182-505-0117 and for minors
living independently, you must complete a separate application directly with us
(the medicaid agency).
More information on how to give us an application may be
found at the agency's website:
www.hca.wa.gov/free-or-low-cost-health-care
(search for "teen").
(8) As
the primary applicant or head of household, you may start an application for
apple health by providing your:
(a) Full
name;
(b) Date of birth;
(c) Physical address, and mailing addresses
(if different); and
(d)
Signature.
(9) To
complete an application for apple health, you must also give us all of the
other information requested on the application.
(10) You may have an authorized
representative apply on your behalf as described in WAC
182-503-0130.
(11) We help you with your application or
renewal for apple health in a manner that is accessible to you. We provide
equal access (EA) services as described in WAC
182-503-0120 if you:
(a) Ask for EA services, you apply for or
receive long-term services and supports, or we determine that you would benefit
from EA services; or
(b) Have
limited-English proficiency as described in WAC
182-503-0110.
