WSR 98-01-165

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

[Filed December 22, 1997, 4:04 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: December 12, 1997.

Purpose: Amendments will increase boarding home licensing fees from $37.35 per bed to $54.00 per bed.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-316-990.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.20.050, 43.70.110, and 43.70.250.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-22-026 on October 29, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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: Thirty-one days after filing.

February [December] 22, 1997

Bruce Miyahara

Secretary

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 96-12-027, filed 5/30/96, effective 6/30/96)

WAC 246-316-990 Fees. The licensee or applicant shall:

(1) Submit an annual license fee of ((thirty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents)) fifty-four dollars per bed of the licensed resident bed capacity for initial and renewed licenses;

(2) Submit an additional one hundred fifty dollars when billed by the department for:

(a) A third on-site visit resulting from failure of the licensee or applicant to adequately respond to a statement of deficiencies; and

(b) A complete on-site survey resulting from a substantiated complaint; and

(3) Submit an additional late fee in the amount of ten dollars per day from the license renewal date until the date of mailing the fee, as evidenced by the postmark.