PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Management Services Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 388-02 WAC, DSHS hearing rules.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 34.05.020.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: DSHS plans to amend chapter 388-02 WAC in order to modify deadlines and time frames in administrative hearings, make changes to the authority of administrative law judges and review judges, and make other changes in order to:
| • | Comply with federal rules; and |
| • | Clarify, update, and/or make other changes to chapter 388-02 WAC in order to improve efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in DSHS hearings and the review process. |
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: DSHS will request comments on draft rules from the office of administrative hearings.
Process for Developing New Rule: DSHS invites the interested public to review and provide input on draft rule language. Anyone interested should contact the staff person identified below. At a later date, DSHS will file a proposal with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Brian Lindgren, Manager, DSHS Board of Appeals, P.O. Box 45803, Olympia, WA 98504-5803, phone (360) 664-6093, fax (360) 664-6187, e-mail lindgbh@dsha.wa.gov [lindgbh@dshs.wa.gov].
May 2, 2007
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator