WSR 20-08-111
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed March 31, 2020, 12:15 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: The community services division is planning to amend WAC 388-310-1300 Community jobs, and other related rules as may be required.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, and 74.08A.320.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Changes planned under this filing will strike an inoperative section of the rule to better align with statutory authority.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Amendments will be developed in consultation with the employment security department, which administers unemployment insurance, and the Washington state department of commerce, which administers community jobs and career jump activities.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department of social and health services (DSHS) welcomes the public to take part in developing the rules. Anyone interested should contact the staff person identified below. At a later date, DSHS will file a proposal with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making. A copy of the proposal will be sent to everyone on the mailing list and to anyone who requests a copy.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Tarimah Williams, Economic Services Administration, Community Services Division, P.O. Box 45470, Olympia, WA 98504-5470, phone 360-628-7407, fax 360-725-4905, email Thomatx@dshs.wa.gov; or Jake Deskins, Economic Services Administration, Community Services Division, P.O. Box 45470, Olympia, WA 98504-5470, phone 360-725-4369, fax 360-725-4905, email DeskiJ@dshs.wa.gov.
March 31, 2020
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator