WSR 25-02-051
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Long-Term Support Administration)
[Filed December 20, 2024, 1:16 p.m., effective January 20, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The purpose of this rule making is to adopt a new section in chapter 388-106 WAC describing the list of holidays which private duty nursing providers may claim holiday pay; WAC 388-106-1021 What days are considered holidays for private duty nursing providers?
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 388-106-1021.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-21-156 on October 22, 2024.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: December 20, 2024.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
SHS-5057.3
NEW SECTION
WAC 388-106-1021What days are considered holidays for private duty nursing providers?
The following dates are holidays solely for the purpose of contracted services rates for private duty nursing providers:
(1) The first day of January (New Year's Day);
(2) The third Monday of January (Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday);
(3) The third Monday of February (Presidents' Day);
(4) The last Monday of May (Memorial Day);
(5) The 19th day of June (Juneteenth);
(6) The fourth day of July (Independence Day);
(7) The first Monday in September (Labor Day);
(8) The 11th day of November (Veteran's Day);
(9) The fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day);
(10) The Friday immediately following the fourth Thursday in November (Native American Heritage Day); and
(11) The 25th day of December (Christmas Day).