WSR 97-19-103

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration)

(Institutions)

[Filed September 17, 1997, 11:55 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 275-30 WAC, Juvenile parole revocation and repeal of obsolete rules.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 13.40.210.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Amending these rules will make the revocation process more efficient for the parolee, Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration staff, the public defender, and the administrative law judge by reducing the number of forms and the amount of time needed to complete a parole revocation.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: This department will conduct an internal and external review process involving stakeholders and interested citizens before filing CR-101 and/or CR-102, and consider all comments submitted. Persons interested in participating in drafting should contact the Department of Social and Health Services staff person below.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bob Williams, Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration, 14th and Jefferson Street, P.O. Box 45270, Olympia, WA 98504, (360) 902-7952.

September 16, 1997

Merry A. Kogut, Manager