PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Medical Assistance Administration)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: New WAC sections will be added to chapter 388-470 WAC, Resources, to describe how annuities, life estates, and trusts affect a client's eligibility for public assistance. WAC 388-505-0595 Trusts, will be repealed.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.04.050, 74.08.090.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The rules on annuities and life estates are new and are being added to better explain how they affect a client's eligibility for medical, cash, and food stamp assistance. The current rule on trusts is being rewritten to make it clearer and easier to understand per the clear rule-writing requirements of the Governor's Executive Order 97-02.
Process for Developing New Rule: The department invites the interested parties to review and provide input on the draft language of this WAC. Draft material and information about how to participate are available by contacting the DSHS representative identified below.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Mary Beth Ingram, Program Manager, Medical Assistance Administration, P.O. Box 45534, Olympia, WA 98504-5534, phone (360) 725-1327, TTY 1-800-848-5429, fax (360) 586-0910, e-mail ingramb@dshs.wa.gov.
June 1, 2000
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit