WSR 23-11-135

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

[Filed May 23, 2023, 1:10 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Implementing retiree return to work bills from the 2023 legislative session.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 41.50.050; and chapters 99 and 410, Laws of 2023.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To implement the retiree return to work bills that passed during the 2023 legislative session: Repealing some postretirement employment restrictions (SHB 1056) and postretirement employment in nursing positions for a state agency (SSB 5538).

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 Bianca Stoner, Department of Retirement Systems, P.O. Box 48380, Olympia, WA 98504-8380, phone 360-664-7291, TTY 711, email drs.rules@drs.wa.gov, website www.drs.wa.gov/rules.

May 23, 2023

Bianca Stoner

Rules Coordinator