Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: This rule is necessary to prevent clients or potential clients from being wrongly found ineligible for services or benefits. This rule affects caregivers for clients of the division of developmental disabilities participating in the individual and family services program.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-832-0145.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.040, 71A.12.161.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-03-107 on January 20, 2010.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: March 19, 2010.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

     (1) You live in your family home and no one living with you is paid to be your caregiver((.));

     (2) You ((live)) are an adult living in your family home with a ((paid caregiver who is your natural, step, or adoptive)) parent who provides personal care for you; or

     (3) You are an adult living with a family member who has replaced your parent as your primary caregiver and who provides personal care to you.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.040, and 2007 c 283. 08-16-121, § 388-832-0145, filed 8/5/08, effective 9/5/08.]

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