WSR 25-07-004
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed March 5, 2025, 2:43 p.m., effective April 5, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department of social and health services is amending WAC 388-449-0220 How does substance use affect my eligibility for the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash and pregnant women assistance (PWA) programs? These housekeeping amendments update a typographical error without changing the effect of the rule.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-449-0220.
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,
74.04.805,
74.08.025,
74.08.043,
74.08.090,
74.08.335,
74.08A.100,
74.62.005, and
74.62.030.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-02-043 on December 20, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 5, 2025.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
SHS-5068.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 24-01-068, filed 12/14/23, effective 1/14/24)
WAC 388-449-0220How does substance use affect my eligibility for the aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) cash and pregnant women assistance (PWA) programs?
(1) For purposes of ABD, you must complete a substance use disorder assessment when we have information that indicates you may have a substance use disorder.
(2) For purposes of PWA, you must complete a substance use disorder assessment when we have information that indicates you may have a substance use disorder.
(3) You must participate in substance use disorder treatment if a certified substance use disorder professional indicates a need for treatment, unless you have good cause. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, the following reasons:
(a) We determine that your physical or mental health impairment prevents you from participating in treatment.
(b) The outpatient substance use disorder treatment you need isn't available in the county you live in.
(c) You need inpatient substance use disorder treatment at a location that you can't reasonably access.
(d) You are a parent or other relative personally providing care for a minor child or an incapacitated individual living in your household, child care or day care is necessary for you to participate in substance use disorder treatment, and such care is not available.
(((3)))(4) If you refuse or do not complete an assessment or treatment without good cause, your benefits will end until you provide proof you are pursuing an assessment or treatment as required.