WSR 15-12-028

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 26, 2015, 12:42 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Modifications to existing chapter 484-20 WAC, Washington state veterans homes.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 72.36 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The existing WAC will be updated to comply with chapter 184, Laws of 2014, as well as updating references to other agency WAC, updating outdated language and using plain talk to clarify language.

Process for Developing New Rule: Making changes to reflect current RCW and cleaning up outdated language.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting WDVA, Heidi Audette, P.O. Box 41150, Olympia, WA 98504, heidia@dva.wa.gov, (360) 725-2154, 1-800-562-0132 option 1.

May 26, 2015

Heidi Audette

Communications and

Legislative Director