WSR 22-01-216
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Developmental Disabilities Administration)
[Filed December 22, 2021, 8:39 a.m., effective January 22, 2022]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The development disabilities administration (DDA) amended WAC 388-845-2110 to adjust the criteria for who can receive supported employment services. Additional amendments align with approved home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers by: Replacing "community access" with the service's new name, "community inclusion"; and removing prevocational services, which are no longer available through DDA's HCBS waivers.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-845-2110.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 21-22-082 on November 1, 2021.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Chantelle Diaz, P.O Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, fax 360-407-0955, TTY 1-800-833-6388, email Chantelle.Diaz@dshs.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: December 21, 2021.
Donald L. Clintsman
Acting Secretary
SHS-4898.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-03-174, filed 1/23/18, effective 2/23/18)
WAC 388-845-2110Are there limits to the supported employment services you may receive?
The following limits apply to your receipt of supported employment services:
(1) To receive supported employment services, you must be age ((twenty)):
(a) 20 and graduating from high school before your July or August twenty-first birthday((, age twenty-one)):
(b) 21 and ((graduated from))no longer eligible to enroll in high school((,)); or ((age twenty-two))
(c) 22 or older ((to receive supported employment services;)).
(2) Payment for individual supported employment services excludes the supervisory activities rendered as a normal part of the business setting((;)).
(3) You will not be authorized to receive supported employment services in addition to community ((access or prevocational))inclusion services((; and)).
(4) Your service hours are determined by the assistance you need to reach your employment outcomes as described in WAC 388-828-9325 and might not equal the number of hours you spend on the job or in job related activities.