WSR 18-02-093

EMERGENCY RULES

[Filed January 3, 2018, 9:16 a.m., effective January 4, 2018]

Effective Date of Rule: January 4, 2018.

Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-845-1615 and 388-845-1620 as part of the developmental disabilities administration's (DDA) waiver renewal process. These emergency rules reflect the changes approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in August 2017. As part of this subsequent emergency rule filing, DDA is combining these amendments filed under WSR 17-19-004 with the emergency rules filed under WSR 17-21-070, which are also part of the CMS-approved waiver amendments. This emergency filing cancels and supersedes both WSR 17-19-004 and 17-21-070.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 388-845-0515, 388-845-0520 and 388-845-0525; repealing WAC 388-845-1200, 388-845-1205, 388-845-1210, 388-845-1840, 388-845-1845 and 388-845-1850; and amending WAC 388-845-0110, 388-845-0210, 388-845-0215, 388-845-0220, 388-845-0225, 388-845-0230, 388-845-0425, 388-845-0500, 388-845-0501, 388-845-0505, 388-845-0506, 388-845-0510, 388-845-0603, 388-845-0700, 388-845-0820, 388-845-0910, 388-845-1000, 388-845-1015, 388-845-1150, 388-845-1615, 388-845-1620, 388-845-1650, 388-845-1655, 388-845-1660, 388-845-1700, 388-845-1710, 388-845-1865, 388-845-1900, 388-845-2000, 388-845-2010, and 388-845-2170.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120.

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: DDA must not authorize waiver services unless they are part of a waiver application approved by CMS. CMS has approved DDA's waiver applications. These emergency rules are necessary to provide the services approved by CMS and for DDA to receive federal funding.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 3, Amended 31, Repealed 6.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 3, Amended 31, Repealed 6.

Date Adopted: January 2, 2017.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator