EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2010.
Purpose: The department amends WAC 388-78A-3230 to implement ESSB 6444 section 206 (19)(b) requiring the current annual renewal license fee for boarding homes be increased to $106 per bed beginning in state fiscal year 2011.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-78A-3230.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 37, Laws of 2010, ESSB 6444 Biennial Appropriations Act, section 206 (19)(b), RCW 18.20.050, 43.135.055.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest; and that in order to implement the requirements or reductions in appropriations enacted in any budget for fiscal years 2009, 2010, or 2011, which necessitates the need for the immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the fiscal needs or requirements of the agency.
Reasons for this Finding: See above.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 23, 2010.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
4215.1 (1) Submit an annual license fee of ((seventy-nine)) one
hundred six dollars per bed of the licensed resident bed
capacity as determined by and in accordance with RCW 18.20.050;
(2) Submit an additional one hundred fifty dollars when billed by the department for:
(a) A third on-site visit required by the boarding home's failure to adequately correct problems identified in a statement of deficiencies; and
(b) A full out-of-sequence inspection resulting from information gathered during a complaint investigation.
(3) Submit an additional late fee in the amount of ten dollars per day from the license renewal date until the date of mailing the fee, as evidenced by the postmark; and
(4) Submit to construction review services a fee for the review of the construction documents per the review fee schedule that is based on the project cost.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-3230, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]