PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2008.
Purpose: The department is adding the residential algorithm to chapter 388-828 WAC. The residential algorithm determines the residential service levels of support for clients receiving supported living, group home, group training home, and companion home residential services. The department is amending the following sections to include references to the residential algorithm and the individual and family services algorithm: WAC 388-828-1060, 388-828-5020, 388-828-5140, 388-828-5520, and 388-828-8020. The department is amending the following sections to maintain consistency with the DDD computer based assessment, agency standards, and to correct references to other rules: WAC 388-828-1480, 388-828-1540, 388-828-1640, and 388-828-5940.
These rules incorporate the following emergency rules:
• WAC 388-828-5080 filed as WSR 08-05-021 which amends the WAC to accurately reflect the protective supervision age-based score adjustment.
• WAC 388-828-1200 through 388-828-1300 filed as WSR 08-07-018 which amends the WAC to remove penalties for clients and their families that decline to provide income information when receiving the DDD assessment.
• WAC 388-828-5360 filed as WSR 08-08-039 which amends the back-up caregiver availability table. The department will propose the other emergency rules included in WSR 08-08-039 when it proposes rules for the individual and family services program.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-828-1240, 388-828-1260 and 388-828-1280; and amending WAC 388-828-1060, 388-828-1200, 388-828-1220, 388-828-1300, 388-828-1480, 388-828-1540, 388-828-1640, 388-828-5020, 388-828-5080, 388-828-5140, 388-828-5360, 388-828-5520, 388-828-5940, and 388-828-8020.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.30 [71A.12.030].
Other Authority: Title 71A RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-05-097 on February 15, 2008.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Debbie Roberts, 640 Woodland Square Loop S.E., Lacey, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-3400, fax (360) 404-0955, e-mail roberdx@dshs.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 21, Amended 14, Repealed 3.
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 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 28, 2008.
Robin Arnold-Williams
Secretary
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