There is hereby established a new program of federal-aid assistance to be known as medical assistance to be administered by the authority. The authority is authorized to comply with the federal requirements for the medical assistance program provided in the social security act and particularly Title XIX of Public Law (89-97), as amended, in order to secure federal matching funds for such program.
RCW 74.09.500
Medical assistance—Established.
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 123 Wash. 2d 391 - Caritas Services, Inc. v. Department of Social & Health Services (1994)
Most recently applied in Samantha A. v. Dept. of Social Svcs. (May 2011)
2011 1st sp.s. c 15 s 24; 1979 c 141 s 343; 1967 ex.s. c 30 s 3.
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