WSR 17-19-086

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed September 19, 2017, 9:15 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department is proposing to amend WAC 388-310-0300, 388-310-1450, and other related rules as may be required.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.05.050 [74.04.050], 74.04.055, 74.08.090, 74.08A.260, and 74.08A.270.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department is proposing to amend WAC 388-310-0300 and 388-310-1450 to comply with legislation extending the infant exemption to WorkFirst participants with children under the age of two to a lifetime limit of twenty-four months.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: No coordination with the Federal Administration for Children and Families is required for regulation of this subject.

Process for Developing New Rule: DSHS welcomes the public to take part in developing the rules. Anyone interested should contact the staff person identified below. At a later date, DSHS will file a proposal with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making. A copy of the proposal will be sent to everyone on the mailing list and to anyone who requests a copy.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Angela Aikins, P.O. Box 45440 [45470], Olympia, WA 98504-5470, phone 360-725-4784, email Angela.Aikins@dshs.wa.gov.

September 18, 2017

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator