WSR 25-11-082
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Developmental Disabilities Community Services)
[Filed May 21, 2025, 8:29 a.m., effective July 1, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2025.
Purpose: The developmental disabilities community services (DDCS) division of the home and community living administration (HCLA) amended these rules primarily to add agencies as a provider type for alternative living and to create a connection to the new certification rules under development at HCLA, which will be codified as new chapter 388-825A WAC. Other changes have been made to update procedures and provider requirements, repeal unnecessary sections, clarify the six-month service limit for clients living with a parent, and more.
Effective May 1, 2025, developmental disabilities administration (DDA) moved under HCLA. The former DDA is known as DDCS within HCLA.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 388-829A-095, 388-829A-115, 388-829A-145, and 388-829A-175; repealing WAC 388-829A-005, 388-829A-030, 388-829A-100, 388-829A-120, 388-829A-150, 388-829A-160, 388-829A-180, 388-829A-230, 388-829A-250, 388-829A-270, 388-829A-320, and 388-829A-330; and amending WAC 388-829A-010, 388-829A-020, 388-829A-040, 388-829A-050, 388-829A-060, 388-829A-070, 388-829A-080, 388-829A-090, 388-829A-110, 388-829A-130, 388-829A-140, 388-829A-170, 388-829A-190, 388-829A-200, 88-829A-210, 388-829A-220, 388-829A-240, 388-829A-260, 388-829A-280, 388-829A-290, 388-829A-300, and 388-829A-310.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-04-058 on January 30, 2025.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Lori Gianetto Bare, P.O Box 45310, Olympia, WA 98504-5310, phone 360-407-1565, fax 360-407-0955, TTY 1-800-833-6388, email Lori.Bare@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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 4, Amended 22, Repealed 12.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 4, Amended 22, Repealed 12.
Date Adopted: May 21, 2025.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
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 25-12 issue of the Register.