WSR 14-05-027

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed February 10, 2014, 2:50 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Adding a new chapter to Title 491 WAC to clarify the procedures necessary for providers and claimants to receive payment for services and materials provided to participants.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.24.209(2).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This rule is necessary to lay out a procedure for providers and claimants to receive payment for services and materials provided to participants. These rules will more closely match those rules already adopted by labor and industries, which will make it easier for providers and claimants to understand the process for receiving payment.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: There are no other state or federal agencies that regulate this subject.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Brigette K. Smith, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 114, Olympia, WA 98507, (877) 753-7318, e-mail brigettes@bvff.wa.gov. Regular board meeting notifications are posted on our web site at http://www.bvff.wa.gov. A comment period is built into the beginning and the end of all our board meeting[s], the date of which are published both with the code reviser's office and at our web site at http:/[/]www.bvff.wa.gov.

February 10, 2014

Brigette K. Smith

Executive Secretary