WSR 21-23-057

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed November 10, 2021, 2:43 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Law enforcement officers' and firefighters' (LEOFF) Plan 1 minimum medical and health standards.

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: Minimum medical and health standards for establishing membership in LEOFF Plan 1 prior to October 1, 1977, are no longer necessary.

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/.

November 10, 2021

Jilene Siegel

Rules Coordinator