WSR 17-21-070 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Developmental Disabilities Administration) [Filed October 16, 2017, 12:50 p.m., effective October 16, 2017, 12:50 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: The department is amending and repealing existing sections and creating new sections in chapter 388-845 WAC as part of the developmental disabilities administration's (DDA) waiver renewal process. These emergency rules reflect the changes approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in August 2017.
The purpose of this filing is to correct an error and to cancel and supersede the CR-103E filed under WSR 17-18-066. This CR-103E adds WAC 388-845-0603 and 388-845-2000 to the set of amended rules.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 388-845-0515, 388-845-0520 and 388-845-0525; repealing WAC 388-845-1200, 388-845-1205, 388-845-1210, 388-845-1840, 388-845-1845 and 388-845-1850; and amending WAC 388-845-0110, 388-845-0210, 388-845-0215, 388-845-0220, 388-845-0225, 388-845-0230, 388-845-0425, 388-845-0500, 388-845-0501, 388-845-0505, 388-845-0506, 388-845-0510, 388-845-0603, 388-845-0700, 388-845-0820, 388-845-0910, 388-845-1000, 388-845-1015, 388-845-1150, 388-845-1650, 388-845-1655, 388-845-1660, 388-845-1700, 388-845-1710, 388-845-1865, 388-845-1900, 388-845-2000, 388-845-2010, and 388-845-2170.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: DDA must not authorize waiver services unless they are part of a waiver application approved by CMS. CMS has approved DDA's waiver applications. These emergency rules are necessary to provide the services approved by CMS and for DDA to receive federal funding.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 3, Amended 29, Repealed 6.
Date Adopted: October 12, 2017.
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 17-22 issue of the Register. |