WSR 17-05-006 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Economic Services Administration) [Filed February 2, 2017, 9:29 a.m., effective March 5, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-450-0070 to comply with federal regulations for income and deductions for basic food, the Washington combined application program, the food assistance program for legal immigrants, and transitional food assistance.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-450-0070.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 7 C.F.R. 273.2, and 273.3.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-01-072 on December 15, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 1, 2017.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-18-007, filed 8/22/13, effective 10/1/13)
WAC 388-450-0070 ((How)) When do we count ((the earned income of a child)) a child's income?
(1) For food assistance, we do not count ((the earnings of a child)) a child's earned income if the child is:
(a) In school;
(b) Age seventeen or younger;
(c) Not married; and
(d) ((Not emancipated)) Living with a natural parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent or is under the parental control of a household member other than a parent.
(2) For cash assistance, we do not count ((the earnings of a child)) a child's earnings if the child is:
(a) In school; and
(b) Meets the age and attendance requirements in WAC 388-404-0005.
(3) School includes:
(a) Participating in a home-school program that is approved by the superintendent of public instruction; or
(b) On break between school terms when the child:
(i) Was enrolled during the previous school term; and
(ii) Plans to return to school when it reopens.
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