WSR 15-15-003 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Developmental Disabilities Administration) [Filed July 1, 2015, 12:35 p.m., effective July 1, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2015.
Purpose: The purpose for this filing is to allow DSHS to continue the implementation of our new individual and family services (IFS) waiver and start another new program called community first choice (CFC) where both require changes to some of the same sections in chapter 388-845 WAC.
The CR-103E filed as WSR 15-12-072 is the original CR-103E filed and related to the IFS waiver and that emergency filing contains the original emergency amendments while this adds additional amendments related to the CFC program. This emergency supersedes WSR 15-12-072.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending 91. See Reviser's note below.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: SSB 6387 of the 63rd legislature, 2014 regular session for the IFS waiver and ESHB 2746 of the 63rd legislative [legislature], 2014 regular session for the CFC waiver.
Other Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: See Reviser's note below.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 16, Amended 91, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 16, Amended 91, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 30, 2015.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
Reviser's note: The material contained in this filing exceeded the page-count limitations of WAC 1-21-040 for appearance in this issue of the Register. It will appear in the 15-17 issue of the Register. |