WSR 13-24-056 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Economic Services Administration) [Filed November 26, 2013, 1:39 p.m., effective December 27, 2013] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department filed a permanent rule on October 22, 2013, as WSR 13-21-126 with an erroneous version of the text. The changes proposed in WAC 388-444-0075 were not included in the permanent filing. This filing contains the text that was originally proposed as WSR 13-09-027. No changes were made to the text as a result of the public hearing, and no public comments were received. The text of the rule does not differ from what was proposed under WSR 13-09-027.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-444-0075.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, and 74.08.090.
Other Authority: 7 C.F.R. § 273.7.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-09-027 on April 9, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 21, 2013.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 10-23-112, filed 11/17/10, effective 12/18/10)
WAC 388-444-0075 What are the penalties if I quit a job or reduce my work effort without good cause?
(1) If you have applied for Basic Food and have voluntarily quit a job or reduced your work effort as defined under WAC 38-444-0065 without good cause within sixty days before applying for Basic Food, we deny your application and you must have a penalty period as described under subsection (3) from the date of your application. (2) If you already receive Basic Food and you quit your job or reduce your work effort without good cause, we send you a letter notifying you that you will be disqualified from Basic Food. The disqualification in subsection (3) of this section begins the first of the month following the notice of adverse action. (3) You are disqualified for the following minimum periods of time and until the conditions in subsection (4) of this section are met: (a) For the first quit or reduction of work effort, one month; (b) For the second quit or reduction of work effort, three months; and (c) For the third or subsequent quit or reduction of work effort, six months. (4) You may reestablish eligibility after serving the disqualification period((,)) if ((otherwise eligible by: (a) Getting a new job; or (b) Participating in Workfare as provided in WAC 388-444-0040.)) you comply with the work requirements under WAC 388-444-0005 and are otherwise eligible. (5) If you become exempt from work registration under WAC 388-444-0010, we end your disqualification for a job quit or reduction of work effort unless you are exempt ((for)) because you are applying for or receiving unemployment compensation (UC), or participating in an employment and training program under TANF. (6) If you are disqualified and move from the assistance unit and join another assistance unit, we continue to treat you as an ineligible member of the new assistance unit for the remainder of the disqualification period.
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040. |