WSR 98-20-035
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
(Division of Child Support)
[Filed September 29, 1998, 4:03 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 388-14-450 Debt adjustment notice.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 26.23.035(1), 34.05.220(1), 74.08.090, 74.320A.310 [74.20A.310].
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The Division of Child Support (DCS) seeks to amend this rule to provide a debt adjustment notice and hearing to any custodial parent who receives child support services from the DCS. The rule in its current version provides this notice and hearing only to payees under court orders, and DCS wishes to ensure that the notice and hearing is provided to payees under administrative orders as well. In addition, DCS will review and revise the rule according to the principles in the Governor's Executive Order 97-02.
Process for Developing New Rule: DCS is engaging in modified collaborative rule making. Those persons wishing to participate in developing the new rules are encouraged to contact Nancy Koptur at the DSHS Division of Child Support (DCS) headquarters as soon as possible. DCS will post information regarding this rule development project and others on its web site, which can be found at www.wa.gov/dshs/dcs/csrc.html, or on the DSHS Economic Services Administration's Regulatory Improvement web site, which can be found at www.wa.gov/dshs/esarules/dcs.htm. DSHS/DCS encourages the public to take part in developing the rules. After the rules are drafted, DSHS will file a copy with the Office of the Code Reviser with a notice of proposed rule making, and will send a copy to everyone currently on the mailing list and to anyone else 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 the DCS Rules Coordinator, Nancy Koptur, Division of Child Support, P.O. Box 9162, Mailstop 45860, Olympia, WA 98507-9162, phone (360) 664-5065, fax (360) 664-5055, TTY/TDD (360) 664-5011, e-mail nkoptur@dshs.wa.gov.
September 28, 1998
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit