Legislative reports
Find reports submitted by the Health Care Authority (HCA) to the Washington State Legislature. Reports are dated by their original due date to the Legislature.
2025
Apple Health
- 2024
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Apple Health/Medicaid
- Apple Health (Medicaid) performance measures analysis: Service coordination organization performance measures & Apple Health managed care preventive services and vaccinations (September)
- Connecting Apple Health clients to dental services with the DentistLink tool (June)
- Employment status of Apple Health clients and non-client individuals with dependents who are Apple Health clients (November)
- HIV antiviral drugs (December 1)
- Prior authorization modernization: managed care implementation update (December)
Behavioral health
- Addressing crisis services funding gaps (December)
- Behavioral health access and network adequacy for Apple Health children and youth (prenatal – age 25) (December 1)
- Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization (BH-ASO) reserve levels (December)
- Behavioral health comparison rate development: phase three (December 31)
- Behavioral health consultation, referral, and provider training programs, prenatal through age 18 (December 31)
- Behavioral health outcomes: 2023 Integrated Managed Care data (December 29)
- Crisis Workforce and Resilience Training Collaborative recommendations (December 31)
- Evaluation of young adults’ access to Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) services (December)
- Evidence-Based Practice Institute annual report (December 1)
- Family Initiative Treatment (FIT): Increasing access to behavioral health services for minors (November 1)
- Foundational Community Supports (FCS) program: streamlining eligibility and provider payments (December 1)
- Implementation plan to continue the expansion of civil long-term inpatient capacity (December 1)
- Island County pilot program (December 1)
- Mobile medication unit rate development interim report (December 1)
- North Sound Behavioral Health – Administrative Service Organization Proviso 13(b) pilot (December 1)
- Olympic Heritage Behavioral Health - summary of provider interest survey (June)
- Operation of community behavioral health service delivery system (December 1)
- Outpatient Competency Restoration Program annual report (November 1)
- Prenatal substance exposure (November 13)
- Pursuing a statewide certified community behavioral health clinic initiative in Washington (December 31)
- Rapid Methadone Induction Pilot Program (December 9)
- Recommendations on alternative models for long-acting injectable buprenorphine (October 15)
- Recommendations on bulk purchasing and distribution of prescription drugs (naloxone) (December 9)
- Recovery Navigator Program and Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program report and status assessment (June)
- Research and analysis of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (December 1)
- Rural Access Study (November)
- Safe supply work group recommendations (December 1)
- Statewide substance use disorder (SUD) prevalence and cross-sector interactions: inventory of data and reporting capabilities (December 1)
- Substance use disorder (SUD) recovery programs implementation (July)
- Substance Use Recovery Services (SURS) plan progress report (December 1)
- Summary of streamlining substance use disorder (SUD) authorization and reauthorization processes across all payors (December 1)
- Targeted behavioral health provider rate increase (November 1)
Employee and retiree benefits
- Anti-obesity medications in Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) (December 1)
- PEBB and SEBB customer service complaints and appeals (September 30)
- Study on consolidating the PEBB and SEBB programs (December 1)
Housing
- Apple Health and Homes: Update on program implementation and preparedness (December 1)
- Foundational Community Supports (FCS) short-term housing subsidies (December 1)
- Recommendations for Increasing Stable Housing in the Community Performance Measure Utilization (July)
Work groups, coalitions, and boards
- Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group Annual Report, Part 1 (November 1)
- Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group Annual Report, Part 1, updated with statements of support (December 9)
- Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group Annual Report, Part 2 (November 5)
- Dr. Robert Bree Collaborative annual report (November 15)
- Health Care Cost Transparency Board annual report (December 1)
- Health and Human Services Enterprise Coalition (November 1)
- Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) annual report (December 15)
- SUDISA work group recommendations (December 1)
- Universal Health Care Commission Washington Health Trust (SB 5335) analysis report (June)
Other topics
- 340B Drug Pricing Program (December 1)
- Community Health Worker Grant Program Update (January)
- HCA workforce staffing analysis: 2024 internal assessment of indirect costs and staff attrition trends (December 29)
- Home Care Safety Net Assessment (December 1)
- Inpatient Hospital Certified Public Expenditure (CPE) program (November 1)
- Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) overview and gap analysis (December 1)
- Preliminary report on addressing crisis services funding gaps (January)
- Washington State All-Payer Claims Database and Lead Organization - biennial report (March)
- Washington State All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) grant activity report (October 1)
- 2023
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Apple Health/Medicaid
- Apple Health and Homes program launch plan (December 1, 2023)
- Apple Health (Medicaid) managed care preventive services and vaccinations (September 15, 2023)
- Employment Status of Apple Health Clients and Individuals with Dependents Who are Apple Health Clients (November 2023)
- HIV antivirals (December 1, 2023)
- Medicaid Funding Options for Clinical Training Programs (December 1, 2023)
- Opioid overdose reversal medication bulk purchasing and distribution program (January 1, 2023)
- Proportion of Non-Participating Providers Serving Apple Health Enrollees (January 1, 2023)
- Service Coordination Organization Performance Measures (December 1, 2023)
Behavioral health
- 988 usage report (November 2023)
- Access to behavioral health services for children, youth, and young adults (December 1, 2023)
- Alternative Response Team Grant Program (December 1, 2023)
- Analysis of workforce retention and recruitment related to one-time assistance payments (December 1, 2023)
- Behavioral Health Comparison Rate Development - Phase Two (June 30, 2023)
- Behavioral health consultation and referral services (December 30, 2023)
- Behavioral Health Emergency Response and Coordination Services pilot (December 31, 2023)
- Behavioral Health Outcomes (June 30, 2023)
- Behavioral Health Outcomes: 2021-22 Integrated Managed Care Data (December 2023)
- Behavioral health outcomes - integrated managed care data (December 30, 2023)
- Behavioral Health Workforce Pilot Program and Training Grants Program (September 30, 2023)
- Best Telehealth Practices for Pediatric Behavioral Health - Final Report (February 1, 2023)
- Create and expand housing supports for adults with behavioral health conditions (December 31, 2023)
- Criminal Justice Treatment Account (CJTA) administration (September 30, 2023)
- Evidence-Based Practice Institute (December 1, 2023)
- Foundational Community Supports (FCS) Housing subsidies (December 1, 2023)
- Habilitative Mental Health CLIP facility standup (June 30, 2023)
- Increasing access to Behavioral Health services for minors (November 1, 2023)
- Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Services (December 30, 2023)
- Island county pilot program (December 1, 2023)
- Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion pilot program (December 1, 2023)
- Outpatient Competency Restoration Program annual report (November 1, 2023)
- Re-Entry Community Services Workgroup (December 1, 2023)
- Reimbursements for FY 2022 Involuntary Treatment Act Judicial Services (December 1, 2023)
- Safe supply work group (December 1, 2023)
- Substance use and recovery services plan (December 1, 2023)
- Substance Use and Recovery Services Plan (December 2023)
- Targeted behavioral health provider rate increases (November 1, 2023)
- Teaching Clinic Enhancement Rate for Behavioral Health Agencies (February 1, 2023)
- Updated implementation plan to continue the expansion of civil long-term inpatient capacity (December 1, 2023)
- UW behavioral health teaching facility long-term inpatient care beds (December 1, 2023)
Employee and retiree benefits
- PEBB Cost and Utilization Trends (November 11, 2023)
- PEBB Customer service complaints and appeals (September 30, 2023)
- PEBB Retiree Medicare Benefits (December 1, 2023)
- Study on Contracting for Administration of UMP (December 31, 2023)
Work groups, coalitions, and boards
- Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group Annual Report, Part 1 (November 6, 2023)
- Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group Annual Report, Part 1 - UPDATED (December 12, 2023)
- Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group Annual Report, Part 2 (December 20, 2023)
- Dr. Robert Bree Collaborative annual report (November 15, 2023)
- Health Care Cost Transparency Board annual report (August 1, 2023)
- Health and Human Services Enterprise Coalition (November 1, 2023)
- Prescription Drug Affordability Board Annual Report 2023 (December 15, 2023)
- Total Cost of Insulin Work Group - final report (July 1, 2023)
- Washington Psilocybin Task Force (December 1, 2023)
Other topics
- Accountable Communities of Health Alignment with Community Identified Health Needs (December 1, 2023)
- Fertility Treatment Benefit (June 30, 2023)
- Inpatient Hospital Certified Public Expenditure (CPE) program (November 1, 2023)
- Mobile Crisis Response Payment Options (December 1, 2023)
- Predicting Referrals for Competency Evaluation (December 1, 2023)
- Rates established for ancillary charges during hospital administrative days (December 1, 2023)
- Review of Program Integrity Managed Care Oversight, Accountability, and Savings (October 1, 2023)
- Statewide SUD prevalence and cross-sector interactions (December 1, 2023)
- Trueblood Diversion Grant Programs (June 30, 2023)