PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Payment of benefits to department employees assaulted by offenders, amend chapter 137-78 WAC.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 72.01.090.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To modify the process by which employees may request compensation for injuries suffered from offender assaults and make other administrative changes.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department invites interested parties to review and provide input on the proposed rules. Comments may be sent to John Nispel, rules coordinator, at the address shown below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting John Nispel, Rules Coordinator, Department of Corrections, Contracts and Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 41114, Olympia, WA 98504-1114, phone (360) 725-8365, fax (360) 664-2009.
April 15, 2009
E. Vail
Secretary