WSR 18-07-062

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Children's Administration)

[Filed March 15, 2018, 3:22 p.m., effective April 15, 2018]

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

Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-25-0100 What are the department's responsibilities regarding financial assistance to support children in the department's foster homes and child placing agency foster homes?, eliminating the exclusion for youth over the age of eighteen and permitting inclusion of the extended foster care population.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-25-0100.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.13.031.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-03-031 on January 9, 2018.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: March 15, 2018.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 01-08-047, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01)

WAC 388-25-0100 What are the department's responsibilities regarding financial assistance to support children in the department's foster homes and child placing agency foster homes?

(1) The department pays only for placements and plans the department has approved.

(2) The department has final responsibility for determining initial and ongoing eligibility for financial support.

(3) ((Payment for children served through the behavior rehabilitation services program is limited to those children who are ages six to eighteen.

(4))) The department maintains control and oversight of placements and payments through written agreements with the child placing agencies, quarterly reports, and planning meetings with the agency or facility.