WSR 16-23-047

PERMANENT RULES

[Filed November 10, 2016, 9:02 a.m., effective December 11, 2016]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: The department is repealing WAC 388-865-0260 Mental health professionals and specialists, which was inadvertently left off the list of sections proposed for repeal under WSR 16-07-152 filed on March 23, 2016. The language in this section was updated and incorporated in WAC 388-877-0410, 388-877-0420, 388-877-0500, and other sections in chapter 388-877 WAC, Behavioral health services administrative requirements. The other regional support network rules that were proposed for repeal under WSR 16-07-152 were repealed under WSR 16-13-087 filed on June 15, 2016.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-865-0260.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71.24.035 (5)(c).

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-13-154 on June 22, 2016.

A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Kathy Sayre, P.O. Box 45330, Olympia, WA 98504-5330, phone (360) 725-1342, fax (360) 586-0341, e-mail kathy.sayre@dshs.wa.gov.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Date Adopted: November 9, 2016.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: