WSR 20-19-136
PERMANENT RULES
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
[Filed September 22, 2020, 2:57 p.m., effective October 23, 2020]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Rules are necessary for the employment security department (ESD) to implement provisions of the long-term services and supports trust program under Title 50B RCW. WAC 192-01-001 dictates what chapters of Title 192 WAC are assigned to programs administered by ESD and include unemployment insurance under Title 50 RCW, Paid family and medical leave under Title 50A RCW, and portions of the long-term services and supports trust program under Title 50B RCW. Amendments to WAC 192-01-001 are necessary to assign chapters 192-900 through 192-999 WAC to the long-term services and supports trust program.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 192-01-001 Rule governance statement.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 50B.04.020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-15-155 on July 22, 2020.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting April Amundson, ESD, P.O. Box 9046, Olympia, WA 98507-9046, phone 360-486-2816, Washington relay 711 (contact Teresa Eckstein at 360-507-9890 for accommodations), email rules@esd.wa.gov, website https://opentownhall.com/portals/289/forum_home.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: September 22, 2020.
April Amundson
Policy and Rules Manager
Long-Term Services and Supports
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-22-080, filed 11/2/18, effective 12/3/18)
WAC 192-01-001Rule governance statement.
The employment security department administers several distinct programs in Titles 50 ((and)), 50A, and portions of 50B RCW through the Washington Administrative Code. The provisions in chapters 192-04 through 192-499 WAC apply to the Employment Security Act in Title 50 RCW and other programs administered by the employment security department((, except for the paid family and medical leave program. Chapter 192-500 WAC and thereafter ()). The provisions in chapters 192-500 through ((192-999))192-899 WAC(())) apply to the paid family and medical leave program in Title 50A RCW. The provisions in chapters 192-900 through 192-999 WAC apply to portions of the long-term services and supports trust program in Title 50B RCW administered under the employment security department's authority.