WSR 23-10-032

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Economic Services Administration)

[Filed April 27, 2023, 11:44 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department of social and health services (DSHS) is planning to amend WAC 388-400-0005 Who is eligible for temporary assistance for needy families? and other rules as may be required.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.12.400.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Planned amendments will remove WorkFirst orientation as a condition of temporary assistance for needy families eligibility.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Not applicable.

Process for Developing New Rule: 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, P.O. Box 45470, Olympia, WA 98504-5470, fax 360-725-4905, email Tarimah.Williams@dshs.wa.gov.

April 27, 2023

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator