WSR 18-10-037

INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT

[Filed April 25, 2018, 1:56 p.m.]

In accordance with RCW 34.05.230(12), following is a list of policy and interpretive statements issued by the department of social and health services (DSHS).

Document Title: Public Comment Notice for Proposed Developmental Disabilities Administration Core Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Amendment.

Subject: Core HCBS waiver amendments #2 is available for thirty days of public comment from May 16, 2018, to June 16, 2018.

Effective Date: April 26, 2018.

Document Description: DDA within DSHS, in cooperation with the health care authority, is posting for thirty days of public comment one waiver amendment. Core amendment #2 adds Washington Administrative Code reference describing how voluntary and temporary residential placement for a child outside of the child's regular home setting is managed by DDA, residential providers and parents. The amendment is available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/dda/2018-draft-waiver-amendments.

To receive a copy of the interpretive or policy statements, contact Bob Beckman, DDA, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, phone 360-407-1555, TDD/TTY 711 or 1-800-833-6388, fax 360-407-0955, email bob.beckman@dshs.wa.gov, web site https://www.dshs.wa.gov/dda.