EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
Purpose: The purpose of these amendments is to revise WAC 388-825-103 and 388-825-145 to comply with the proposed order and settlement agreement under Boyle v. Arnold-Williams. The amendments add language regarding disenrollment from a DDD home and community based services waiver to the notice requirements and to the continuance of benefits pending an administrative hearing.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-825-103 and 388-825-145.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030.
Other Authority: Title 71A RCW.
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.
Reasons for this Finding: These amendments are necessary to comply with the proposed order and settlement listed 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 26, 2007.
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator
3927.1(1) The denial or termination of eligibility for services under WAC 388-825-030 and 388-825-035;
(2) The authorization, denial, reduction, or termination of services or the payment of SSP set forth in chapter 388-827 WAC that are authorized by DDD;
(3) The admission or readmission to, or discharge from a residential habilitation center.
(4) Disenrollment from a DDD home and community based services waiver under WAC 388-845-0060, including a disenrollment from a waiver and enrollment in a different waiver.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, 71A.14.040, and Title 71A RCW. 05-11-015, § 388-825-103, filed 5/9/05, effective 6/9/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020, and 71A.16.040. 04-15-093, § 388-825-103, filed 7/16/04, effective 8/16/04.]
(2) If you request an administrative hearing within the ten-day notice period, as described in chapter 388-458 WAC, unless one or more of the conditions in WAC 388-825-150 applies, the department will take no action until there is a final decision on your appeal of the department's decision to:
(a) Terminate your eligibility for services;
(b) Reduce or terminate your services; ((or))
(c) Reduce or terminate the payment of SSP set forth in chapter 388-827 WAC; or
(d) Disenroll you from a DDD home and community based services waiver under WAC 388-825-0060, including a disenrollment from a waiver and enrollment in a different waiver.
(3) The department will take no action until there is a final decision on your appeal of the department's decision to remove or transfer you to another residential service unless one or more of the conditions in WAC 388-825-150 applies.
(4) The department will take no action to terminate your provider of choice unless one or more of the circumstances described in WAC 388-825-150 applies.
(5) After the administrative hearing, you may have to pay back continued benefits you get, as described in chapter 388-410 WAC, if the administrative hearing decision is in favor of the department.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.20.080, and Title 71A RCW. 06-10-055, § 388-825-145, filed 5/1/06, effective 6/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120. 05-17-135, § 388-825-145, filed 8/19/05, effective 9/19/05.]