WSR 98-20-043

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Economic Services Administration)

[Filed September 30, 1998, 1:29 p.m., effective October 1, 1998]

Date of Adoption: September 29, 1998.

Purpose: To publish the new income eligibility standards for food assistance. The new standards are the basis upon which food stamp allotment will be issued.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-478-0060.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, and 74.08.090.

Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.

Reasons for this Finding: The effective date of the amendment is October 1, 1998, as required by federal regulation.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: October 1, 1998.

September 29, 1998

Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 96-16-044 [98-16-044], filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98)

WAC 388-478-0060  Income eligibility standards for food assistance. ((To be eligible for food assistance,)) (1) When an assistance unit receives cash benefits (TANF, GA-U, GA-S, etc.) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), they do not have to meet the income standard.

(2) All households (assistance units), based on their size, must have income at or below ((both the maximum gross and net monthly income standards)) the limits shown in column B to be eligible for food assistance, except as follows:

(((1) Assistance units with an elderly or disabled member must have income at or below only the maximum net monthly income standard.

(2) Assistance units in which all members are receiving cash assistance or SSI do not have to meet the maximum gross or net monthly income standards)) (a) Column C is to be used when an assistance unit includes a person sixty years or older, or with disabilities;

(b) Column E is to be used when determining separate household status for an elderly person or a person with permanent disability, as described in WAC 388-408-0035 (1)(d).

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