PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
Date of Adoption: April 19, 1999.
Purpose: Adds WAC 388-470-0012 which requires the department to include the countable resources of ineligible or disqualified financially responsible persons toward the assistance units cash eligibility determination.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, and 74.08.090.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-06-099 on March 3, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
April 19, 1999
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
2540.2(1) As used in this section; ineligible, disqualified and financially responsible persons are defined in WAC 388-450-0100.
(2) When determining the cash eligibility of an assistance unit, the department includes the countable resources of a financially responsible person who lives in the home even when the person is ineligible or disqualified from receiving cash assistance.
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