WSR 16-10-066

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 2, 2016, 12:19 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department is considering amending the following sections in chapter 388-76 WAC, Adult family home minimum licensing requirements: WAC 388-76-10000 Definitions, 388-76-10540 Resident rights—Disclosure of fees and charges—Notice requirements—Deposits, 388-76-10650 Medical devices, 388-76-10715 Doors—Ability to open, 388-76-10730 Grab bars and hand rails, 388-76-10820 Resident evacuation capabilities and location of resident bedrooms, 388-76-10845 Emergency drinking water supply, 388-76-10865 Emergency evacuation from adult family home, 388-76-10880 Emergency evacuation adult family home bedrooms, and other related rules as may be required.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 70.128 RCW.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department is amending WAC 388-76-10000 Definitions, to assure compliance with requirements from recently passed legislation SB [SSB] 5600 and to clarify language in rule with statute.

The department is amending WAC 388-76-10650 Medical devices, 388-76-10715 Doors—Ability to open, and 388-76-10730 Grab bars and hand rails, for the health and safety of residents in the home.

The department is amending or repealing WAC 388-76-10820 Resident evacuation capabilities and location of resident bedrooms, 388-76-10865 Emergency evacuation from adult family home, 388-76-10845 Emergency drinking water supply, 388-76-10540 Resident rights—Disclosure of fees and charges—Notice requirements—Deposits, and 388-76-10880 Emergency evacuation adult family home bedrooms, on behalf of adult family home and/or prospective adult family home providers, as the changes are beneficial to adult family home business owners.

Process for Developing New Rule: DSHS welcomes the public to take part in developing the rules. Anyone interested should contact the staff person identified below. At a later date, DSHS will file a proposal with the office of the code reviser with a notice of proposed rule making. A copy of the proposal will be sent to everyone on the mailing list and to anyone 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 Sherise Baltazar, Adult Family Home Policy Program Manager, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98513, phone (360) 725-3204, fax (360) 438-7903, e-mail Sherise.Baltazar@dshs.wa.gov.

Draft section language will be posted on aging and long-term support administration's professional internet web page for review and comment prior to filing the CR-102. Anyone from the public can comment directly to the program manager listed above via phone, e-mail or fax.

April 28, 2016

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator