Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amending WAC 388-14A-1025 What are the responsibilities of the division of child support?, to clarify that the Division of Child Support (DCS) does not provide funding under Title IV-D to a prosecutors office which pursues paternity against DCS wishes when the custodial parent claims good cause level A; and amending WAC 388-14A-2065 to provide that, if DCS has referred a case for paternity establishment, DCS calls it back from the prosecutor if good cause level A is granted.

     Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 74.08.090, 74.20A.310.

     Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The provisions re good cause level A and paternity cases were inadvertently left out when DCS converted its rules to chapter 388-14A WAC.

     Process for Developing New Rule: DCS engages in modified collaborative rule making. Those persons wishing to participate in developing the new rules are encouraged to contact Nancy Koptur at the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) DCS headquarters as soon as possible. DCS will post information regarding this rule development project and others on its web site, which can be found at www.wa.gov/dshs/dcs, or on the DSHS Economic Services Administration's regulatory improvement web site, which can be found at http://www-app2.wa.gov/dshs/esa/extpolicy/blue.asp. DSHS/DCS encourages the public to take part in developing the rules. After the rules are drafted, DSHS will file a copy with the Office of the Code Reviser with a notice of proposed rule making, and will send a copy to everyone currently on the mailing list and to anyone else 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 Nancy Koptur, DCS Rules Coordinator, Division of Child Support, P.O. Box 9162, Mailstop 45860, Olympia, WA 98507-9162, phone (360) 664-5065, e-mail nkoptur@dshs.wa.gov, 1-800-457-6202, fax (360) 664-5209, TTY/TDD (360) 664-5011.

June 14, 2001

Brian Lindgren, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

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