WSR 20-08-107
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed March 31, 2020, 8:42 a.m., effective March 31, 2020, 8:42 a.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: The community services division is creating WAC 388-437-0005 Changes to food assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to implement changes to food assistance benefit issuances for March and April 2020 as provided in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) Section 2302.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 388-437-0005.
Other Authority: H.R. 6201.
Under RCW
34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: These changes are required to implement provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) Section 2302.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 30, 2020.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
NEW SECTION
WAC 388-437-0005Changes to food assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the months of March and April 2020, assistance units (AU) eligible for either federal or state-funded food assistance, or both, will receive emergency allotments that bring the AU up to the maximum benefit. The amount is the maximum food assistance benefit allotment for the AU size under WAC 388-478-0060(1) less the amount received under WAC 388-450-0162 (4)(b).