WAC 182-544-0300. Vision care — Covered eyeglasses (frames and lenses) — Clients age twenty and younger

(1) The medicaid agency covers eyeglasses once every twelve months for clients when the following clinical criteria are met: (a) The client has a stable visual condition; (b) The client's treatment is stabilized; (c) The prescription is less than eighteen months old; and (d) One of the following minimum correction needs in at least one eye is documented in the client's file: (i) Sphere power equal to, or greater than, plus or minus 0.50 diopter; (ii) Astigmatism power equal to, or greater than, plus or minus 0.50 diopter; or (iii) Add power equal to, or greater than, 1.0 diopter for bifocals and trifocals. (2) If the client has a diagnosis of accommodative esotropia or any strabismus correction, the limitations of subsection (1) of this section do not apply. (3) The agency covers one pair of back-up eyeglasses for clients who wear contact lenses as their primary visual correction aid (see WAC 182-544-0400 (1)) limited to once every two years.