WSR 14-09-115

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed April 23, 2014, 8:45 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department is proposing to amend or add a new section to chapter 388-310 WAC, WorkFirst, to provide WorkFirst incentive payments to families who are participating in activities outlined in their individual responsibility plan. Other related rules may also be amended as necessary.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, and 74.08.090.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department is proposing to provide WorkFirst incentive payments to families who are participating in activities outlined in their individual responsibility plan.

The proposed amendments will support the WorkFirst program changes outlined in the Agency Detail, Rec Sums for the supplemental budget (ESSB 6002) that passed the legislature on March 13, 2014.

Process for Developing New Rule: DSHS welcomes the public to take part in developing the rules. Anyone interested should contact the staff person identified below. At a later date, DSHS will file a proposal with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making. A copy of the proposal will be sent to everyone on the mailing list and to anyone who requests a copy.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Amos Mbuni, 712 Pear Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 725-4327, fax (360) 725-4904, e-mail mbunias@dshs.wa.gov.

April 16, 2014

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator