EMERGENCY RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Health and Recovery Services Administration)
Effective Date of Rule: June 1, 2009.
Purpose: Under the 2009-11 Omnibus Operating Budget, funding for maternity support services is reduced by 20% from current levels. In order to meet this legislatively-mandated reduction, WAC 388-533-1000 is being repealed.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-533-1000.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.09.800.
Other Authority: 2009-11 Omnibus Operating Budget (ESHB 1244).
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that in order to implement the requirements or reductions in appropriations enacted in any budget for fiscal years 2009, 2010, or 2011, which necessitates the need for the immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the fiscal needs or requirements of the agency.
Reasons for this Finding: Under the 2009-11 Omnibus Operating Budget, funding for maternity support services is reduced by 20%. To meet this reduction in appropriations, the department is repealing WAC 388-533-1000. A CR-101 was filed as WSR 09-01-143 on December 22, 2008.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Date Adopted: May 26, 2009.
Stephanie E. Schiller
Rules Coordinator
4061.1 The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 388-533-1000 | First steps child care program. |