SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Aging and Long-Term Support Administration)

[Filed September 19, 2018, 12:00 p.m., effective October 20, 2018]

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

Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-106-1920 What is the maximum amount of step three services I may receive a month?, in WAC 388-106-1920 (1)(a), the department incorrectly used three thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars instead of three thousand three hundred and forty-eight dollars (six months x $558). The department filed a CR-105 expedited rule making as WSR 18-14-003 on June 20, 2018.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-106-1920.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-14-003 on June 20, 2018.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: September 19, 2018.

Katherine I. Vasquez

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-08-033, filed 3/27/18, effective 4/27/18)

WAC 388-106-1920What is the maximum amount of step three services I may receive a month?

(1) Unless the department authorizes additional funds through an exception to rule under WAC 388-440-0001, the maximum amount of step three services you and your caregiver may receive in MAC and TSOA:

(a) From January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018 is an average of five hundred and fifty-eight dollars per month not to exceed three thousand three hundred and ((forty-five))forty-eight dollars in a six month period.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2018 is an average of five hundred and seventy-three dollars per month not to exceed three thousand four hundred and thirty-eight dollars in a six month period.

(2) If you are a care receiver who does not have an available unpaid caregiver, you are receiving TSOA personal assistance services, and the department has not authorized additional funds through an exception to rule under WAC 388-440-0001, the maximum amount of step three services you may receive:

(a) From January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018 is five hundred and fifty-eight dollars per month.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2018 is five hundred and seventy-three dollars per month.