WSR 22-16-082

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Economic Services Administration)

[Filed August 1, 2022, 10:43 a.m., effective September 1, 2022]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: The department is adopting amendments to WAC 388-478-0033 What are the payment standards for aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash assistance? to reflect increases in the ongoing maximum monthly ABD program payment standards to $417 for a single individual and $528 for a married couple.

The supplemental operating budget (chapter 297, Laws of 2022) includes funding to support this change, effective September 1, 2022.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-478-0033.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.005, 74.04.050, 74.04.0052, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, 74.04.655, 74.04.770, 74.08.043, 74.08.090, 74.08.335, 74.08A.100, 74.08A.120, 74.08A.230, and 74.62.030.

Other Authority: Supplemental operating budget (chapter 297, Laws of 2022).

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-12-040 on May 25, 2022.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: August 1, 2022.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

SHS-4929.1