WSR 20-05-080
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Division of Developmental Disabilities)
[Filed February 18, 2020, 1:21 p.m., effective March 20, 2020]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The developmental disabilities administration (DDA) is amending these rules as part of the administration's waiver renewal process. These changes were approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 30, 2019, and are effective September 1, 2019. Many of these changes were enacted by emergency rule adoption orders, WSR 19-18-048 and 20-02-044. These changes are necessary to enact the amendments on a permanent basis and to provide services as approved in DDA's home and community based services waivers.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-845-0030, 388-845-0055, 388-845-0100, 388-845-0230, 388-845-0415, 388-845-0425, 388-845-0600, 388-845-0605, 388-845-0610, 388-845-0900, 388-845-0910, 388-845-1100, 388-845-1110, 388-845-1150, 388-845-1190, 388-845-1191, 388-845-1192, 388-845-1800, 388-845-1805, 388-845-1810, 388-845-2000, 388-845-2005, 388-845-2010, 388-845-2160, and 388-845-2170.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 19-24-082 on December 3, 2019.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Chantelle Diaz, P.O Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, phone 360-407-1589, fax 360-407-0955, TTY 1-800-833-6388, email Chantelle.Diaz@dshs.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 25, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 25, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 13, 2020.
Cheryl Strange
Secretary
Reviser's note: The material contained in this filing exceeded the page-count limitations of WAC 1-21-040 for appearance in this issue of the Register. It will appear in the
20-06 issue of the Register.