WSR 98-10-040
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Health and Rehabilitative Services Administration)
[Filed April 28, 1998, 3:42 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 275-27-020, 275-27-180, 275-27-182, 275-27-185, 275-27-190, 275-27-195, 275-27-200, 275-27-205, 275-27-210, and 275-27-212, rules relating to the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) family support opportunity pilot program.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 71A.12.030.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: DDD wants to extend the ending date of the family support opportunity pilot project for an additional six months to December 31, 1998, in order to get full benefit from the pilot project. The pilot rules must be amended in order to extend the pilot project.
Process for Developing New Rule: Pilot rule making, the pilot project, which is now called the family support opportunity, has provided an array of services to over 700 families since its inception in 1996. DDD is evaluating the project using a variety of approaches, including a formal evaluation through the University of Washington.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Rita Dickey, Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, P.O. Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504, phone (360) 902-8451, FAX (360) 902-8482, TDD (360) 902-8455.
April 27, 1998
Edith M. Rice, Chief
Office of Legal Affairs