WSR 23-23-083
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
[Filed November 13, 2023, 3:02 p.m., effective December 14, 2023]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department of children, youth, and families is amending this rule to increase the nonstandard hours bonus to $135 per the governor's 2023 budget.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 110-15-0249.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050.
Other Authority: RCW 74.04.050.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-18-040 on August 30, 2023.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 13, 2023.
Brenda Villarreal
Rules Coordinator
OTS-4719.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 22-05-007, filed 2/3/22, effective 3/6/22)
WAC 110-15-0249Nonstandard hours bonus.
(1) Consumers' providers may receive a nonstandard hours bonus (NSHB) payments per child per month for care provided if:
(a) The providers are licensed or certified;
(b) They provide at least 30 hours of nonstandard hours care during one month; and
(c) The total cost of the state's NSHB payments do not exceed the amount appropriated for this purpose by the legislature for the current fiscal year.
(2) Nonstandard hours are defined as:
(a) Before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m.;
(b) Any hours on Saturdays and Sundays; and
(c) Any hours on legal holidays, as defined in RCW 1.16.050.
(3) NSHB amounts are:
(a) ((Ninety))One hundred thirty-five dollars for family homes; and
(b) ((Seventy-five))One hundred thirty-five dollars for centers.