WSR 17-10-044
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Long-Term Support Administration)
[Filed April 28, 2017, 9:11 a.m., effective May 29, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is creating WAC 388-102-0100 Online registration, contained in new chapter 388-102 WAC, Online registration of continuing care retirement communities, to establish consistent application and registration requirements for the continuing care retirement community online state registry.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.17.060, 18.390.40 [18.390.040].
Other Authority: SSHB [2SHB] 2726, chapter 183, Laws of 2016.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-06-069 on March 1, 2017.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: 1. WAC 388-102-0100(1), "business analysis and applications unit (BAAU)" was deleted.
2. WAC 388-102-0100(2), "aging and long-term support administration (ALTSA)" was changed to "the department's."
3. WAC 388-102-0100(3), "register" was changed to "reapply," and "before its current registration expires" was added.
4. WAC 388-102-0100 (5)(b), "should" was changed to "must."
5. WAC 388-102-0100 (5)(c) was added.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 27, 2017.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
Chapter  388-102  WAC
ONLINE REGISTRY OF CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES (CCRC)
NEW SECTION
WAC 388-102-0100 Online registry.
(1) The department of social and health services will establish an online registry as required by chapter 18.390 RCW.
(2) To be eligible to be registered as a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and listed on the department's CCRC online registry, an entity must:
(a) Complete the application; and
(b) Pay the registration fee.
(3) A CCRC must reapply with the state and pay the required fee every two years before its current registration expires.
(4) At the time of the application for or renewal of a CCRC registration, the entity must pay a registration fee. Beginning July 1, 2017, the registration fee must be established in the omnibus appropriations act and any amendment or additions made to that act.
(5) An applicant may appeal agency denials of an application for CCRC registration.
(a) Appeals to the department must be made in writing within thirty days of the department's denial.
(b) Appeals must be sent to the office of administrative hearings.
(c) Appeals are governed by chapter 388-02 WAC.