WSR 14-07-021

PERMANENT RULES

[Filed March 7, 2014, 11:34 a.m., effective April 7, 2014]

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

Purpose: The rule change is needed to amend chapter 388-110 WAC to change the term "boarding home" to "assisted living facility" throughout the chapter in compliance with SHB 2056 passed in the 2011-2012 legislative session. The scope of this rule making is limited to the terminology change from "boarding home" to "assisted living facility."

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending chapter 388-110 WAC.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 18.20 RCW.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-02-0005 [14-02-005] on December 19, 2013.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 12, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 12, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 12, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 12, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: March 4, 2014.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Manager