WSR 16-05-029
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Long-Term Support Administration)
[Filed February 9, 2016, 9:01 a.m., effective April 1, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: April 1, 2016.
Purpose: Resident client protection program (RCPP) has been moved into adult protective services and the rules will be administered under chapters 388-71 and 388-106 WAC. References to the RCPP would thus be incorrect and are being repealed from chapter 388-78A WAC. Residential care services has coordinated to eliminate these sections at the same time home and community services is incorporating them into their WAC.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-78A-3390, 388-78A-3400, 388-78A-3410, 388-78A-3420, 388-78A-3430, 388-78A-3440, 388-78A-3450, 388-78A-3460, 388-78A-3470, and 388-78A-3480.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090.
Other Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-01-172 on December 22, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 10.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 10.
Date Adopted: February 4, 2016.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
WAC 388-78A-3390
Resident protection program—Individual defined.
WAC 388-78A-3400
Investigation of reports.
WAC 388-78A-3410
Resident protection program—Notice to the individual of preliminary finding.
WAC 388-78A-3420
Resident protection program—Notice to others of preliminary findings.
WAC 388-78A-3430
Resident protection program—Disputing a preliminary finding.
WAC 388-78A-3440
Hearing procedures to dispute preliminary finding.
WAC 388-78A-3450
Resident protection program—Finalizing a preliminary finding.
WAC 388-78A-3460
Resident protection program—Appeal of initial order.
WAC 388-78A-3470
Resident protection program—Reporting final findings.
WAC 388-78A-3480
Resident protection program—Disclosure of investigative and finding information.