WSR 25-11-094

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

(Developmental Disabilities Community Services)

[Filed May 21, 2025, 11:23 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) is adopting these amendments primarily to: Establish a connection with the new certification rules under development at HCLA, which will be codified as chapter 388-825A WAC; and standardize provider requirements to create consistency across provider types licensed - state-operated providers and contracted. As part of this rule making, DDCS has decodified and recodified many sections. For a crosswalk of old and new section numbers, see table below:

Effective May 1, 2025, developmental disabilities administration (DDA) moved under HCLA. The former DDA is known as DDCS division within HCLA.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 388-826-0310, 388-826-0340, 388-826-0350, 388-826-0390, 388-826-0400, 388-826-0410, 388-826-0420, 388-826-0430, 388-826-0440, 388-826-0450, 388-826-0460, 388-826-0470, 388-826-0480, 388-826-0520, 388-826-0530, and 388-826-0540; repealing WAC 388-826-0042, 388-826-0078, 388-826-0079, 388-826-0231, 388-826-0232, 388-826-0233, 388-826-0234, 388-826-0235, 388-826-0236, and 388-826-0237; and amending WAC 388-826-0001, 388-826-0005, 388-826-0010, 388-826-0016, 388-826-0018, 388-826-0019, 388-826-0040, 388-826-0041, 388-826-0043, 388-826-0044, 388-826-0070, 388-826-0071, 388-826-0072, 388-826-0073, 388-826-0074, 388-826-0075, 388-826-0077, 388-826-0095, 388-826-0096, 388-826-0097, 388-826-0098, 388-826-0130, 388-826-0133, 388-826-0138, 388-826-0145, 388-826-0150, 388-826-0160, 388-826-0170, 388-826-0175, 388-826-0200, 388-826-0205, 388-826-0230, and 388-826-0240.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71A.12.030.

Other Authority: RCW 71A.12.040.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-04-060 on January 30, 2025.

Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The department of social and health services has decided not to proceed with WAC 388-826-0019(b).

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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 16, Amended 33, Repealed 10.

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 16, Amended 33, Repealed 10.

Date Adopted: May 21, 2025.

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator