WSR 20-16-099

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed July 31, 2020, 8:19 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Law enforcement officers' and firefighters' Plan 2 catastrophic duty disability reviews.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To describe the periodic reviews to assess continued eligibility for catastrophic duty disability benefits.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jilene Siegel, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, phone 360-664-7291, TTY 711, email Rules@drs.wa.gov, website www.drs.wa.gov/rules/.

July 31, 2020

Jilene Siegel

Rules Coordinator