WSR 23-13-093
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed June 20, 2023, 9:19 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: The department of social and health services (DSHS) is planning to amend WAC 388-484-0005 There is a five-year (sixty-month) time limit for TANF, SFA, and GA-S cash assistance and 388-484-0006 TANF/SFA time limit extensions; and other related rules as may be required.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Planned amendments will remove the 60-month time limit for child-only TANF and SFA households with an ineligible parent, per 2SHB 1447 (chapter 418, Laws of 2023).
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 Sarah Mintzer, P.O. Box 45470, Olympia, WA 98504-5470, phone 360-764-0050, fax 360-725-4905, email Sarah.Mintzer@dshs.wa.gov.
June 20, 2023
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator