McGee Guest Home, Inc. v. Department of Social & Health Services

— We are asked in this case to decide if the Department of Social and Health Services (Department) violated Washington’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), chapter 34.05 RCW, in establishing and maintaining a two-tiered reimbursement system for congregate care facilities (CCFs) serving mentally ill people for whom the state was responsible. We hold the Department did not violate the APA, as the Legislature amended chapter 34.05 RCW in 1994 to clarify its view that rule-making requirements do not apply to “reimbursement unit values, fee schedules, arithmetic conversion factors, and similar…