(1) An adoptive parent has the right to an administrative hearing to contest the following department actions:
(a) Denial of a child's initial eligibility for the adoption support program or the adoption support reconsideration program;
(b) Failure to respond with reasonable promptness to a written application or request for services;
(c) Denial of a written request to modify the level of payment or service in the agreement;
(d) Delay of more than thirty days when responding to a written request for modification of the agreement;
(e) Denial of a request for nonrecurring adoption expenses;
(f) Suspension of adoption support benefits; or
(g) Termination from the program.
(2) To initiate the appeal, the adoptive parent must submit a request for an administrative hearing to the office of administrative hearings within ninety days of receipt of the department's decision to deny a request, to suspend or terminate adoption support, or failure to respond to a request.
(3) The office of administrative hearings must apply the rules in this chapter as they pertain to the issues being contested.
[Statutory Authority: 2017 c 6. WSR 20-04-019, § 110-80-0400, filed 1/27/20, effective 2/27/20. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-80-0400, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. § 671-675, RCW
26.33.340,
74.13A.020,
74.13A.030,
74.13A.040,
74.13A.045,
74.13A.047,
74.13A.060,
74.13A.075,
74.13A.085,
74.13A.100,
74.15.020, 45 C.F.R. § 1356.40 and RCW
74.13A.050,
74.13A.055. WSR 01-08-045, § 388-27-0365, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]