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Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of children, youth, and families' early learning division is amending rules to expand eligibility to people working in licensed child care centers and licensed family homes, specialty and therapeutic court participants, and undocumented children. This rule making will also establish eligibility for families with a parent participating in a state-registered apprenticeship with income less than 85 percent of the state me

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: This rule making is necessary to incorporate into the employment security department's (department) rules the changes made by ESHB 1106 (2023), which amended RCW 50.20.050 . RCW 50.20.050 sets forth the exclusive good cause reasons for which an individual can quit their job and receive unemployment benefits. Under the amendments to RCW 50.20.050 , an individual can quit their job due to inaccessible care of a child or vulnerable adul

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: This rule-making order amends chapter 16-470 WAC, Quarantine — Agricultural pests, by: (1) Expanding the boundaries of the Japanese beetle internal quarantine. (2) Adding soil samples to the list of regulated articles in WAC 16-470-710(2), as well as conditions governing the movement of soil samples. (3) Clarifying, in WAC 16-470-710(7), that cut flowers exposed to open air environments during their harvest, transportation, or trade

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The Washington state department of ecology (ecology) is adopting amendments to chapter 173-201A WAC, Water quality standards for surface waters of the state of Washington. We adopted revisions in this rule making to the following: WAC 173-201A-240 Toxic substances, specifically updating aquatic life toxics criteria in Table 240 and footnotes; and minor, nonsubstantive edits to rule language in WAC 173-201A-240 to correct typographica

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Amend WAC 308-104-050 to reflect the department of licensing's current process and recent statutory changes related to RCW 46.20.100 Persons under eighteen, per a rule-making petition from the public. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-104-050 Waiver of driver education requirement — When granted. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.01.110 Rule-making authority, and 46.20.100 (2)(c)(iii) Persons under eig

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: To update the effective date of the federal regulations and state regulations that were previously adopted by the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA). This proposal changes the reference date to July 1, 2024. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending ORCAA Regulations 1.11 and 1.12. Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 70A.15 RCW. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-12-089 on June 5, 2024. Date Adopted: July 10, 20

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Update the RCW citations for the Washington State Clean Air Act (CAA) in the NWCAA Regulation to reflect the RCW renumbering by the state legislature under SHB 2246, effective on June 11, 2020. Originally, the CAA was in chapter 70.94 RCW, but is now renumbered to chapter 70A.15 RCW. No changes were made to the CAA language. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending Sections 100, 103, 120, 121, 131, 132, 133, 200, 300, 305,

Effective Date of Rule: September 30, 2024. Purpose: Creating licensing requirements for organ transport services and vehicles. SHB 1271 (chapter 290, Laws of 2023) Organ transport vehicles and services, directed the department of health to issue a license to organ transport services that meet minimum licensing standards. This adopted new rule establishes minimum requirements for vehicle and equipment standards, as well as establishes the licensing process to obtain an organ transport license. T

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Discharge or transfer of patients from acute care hospitals to 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. To implement 2SSB 5120 (chapter 433, Laws of 2023), an act concerning the establishment of 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state, the department of health (department) is adopting an amendment to WAC 246-320-111 in order to clarify the regulatory requirements for licensed acute care hospitals that wish to disc

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Behavioral health agency regulations as they relate to 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. The department of health (department) is adopting amendments to the behavioral health agency regulations in WAC 246-341-0110, 246-341-0200, 246-341-0365, 246-341-0901, 246-341-0912, 246-341-1140, and new WAC 246-341-0903, to implement 2SSB 5120 (chapter 433, Laws of 2023), an act concerning the establishment of 23-hour crisis rel

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The health care authority is amending WAC 182-543-3300 to update medical necessity criteria based on evidence review(s). Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-543-3300. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 , 41.05.160 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-14-013 on June 21, 2024. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standard

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Making editorial corrections to Section C401.3 of the 2021 Washington State Energy Code, Commercial, chapter 51-11C WAC. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 51-11C-40100. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 19.27A.045 . Other Authority: Chapter 19.27A RCW. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-12-059 on June 2 [3], 2024. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Making editorial corrections and clarifications to the 2021 Washington State Energy Code, Commercial, chapter 51-11C WAC. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending 39 sections in chapter 51-11C WAC. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 19.27A.045 . Other Authority: Chapter 19.27A RCW. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-12-058 on June 2 [3], 2024. Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Two additional

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Washington State University (WSU) is updating the campus parking and traffic regulations. The chapter 504-15 WAC title is updated to specify that the regulations are for the WSU Pullman campus. The proposed amendments modify, clarify, and update WSU's rules regarding parking and traffic regulations for the WSU Pullman campus. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 504-15-580; and amending WAC 504-15-050, 504-15-100,

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of social and health services (department) is amending WAC 388-14A-3375 to remove a reference to public assistance standards. Under WAC 388-14A-3375, the division of child support (DCS) is authorized to provide several different types of credits towards a paying parent's support obligations. One of these is a credit for payments made towards shelter care before service of the administrative support establishment notice

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to amend WAC 388-14A-4900 to implement SB 5842 (chapter 126, Laws of 2024). Under this legislation, the division of child support (DCS) is to minimize the use of Social Security numbers reported directly to DCS by insurance companies complying with RCW 26.23.037 . The proposed amendment to the rule makes clear that DCS does not expect insurers reporting directly to DCS to submit a claimant's Social Sec

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The employment security department (department) currently runs three programs: State unemployment insurance, WA Cares, and paid family and medical leave. As part of its duties, the department receives payments from employers for each program. Occasionally, an employer sends a payment to the department without indicating which program(s) the payment was intended for, and the department is unable to make contact with the employer. Ther

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of social and health services is amending WAC 388-310-0300 WorkFirst — Infant care exemptions for mandatory participants, 388-310-1450 Pregnancy to employment, and 388-484-0006 TANF/SFA time limit extensions. These amendments support implementation of SHB 2007 (chapter 181, Laws of 2024), effective July 1, 2024, which creates a temporary assistance for needy families time limit extension for households caring for a chi

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of health (department) is adopting clarifying terms and adding definitions of "delivery," "dispense," and "ultimate user." After receiving questions and comments from interested parties around definitions of "dispense" and "distributed" during a state auditor's office audit of the prescription monitoring program (PMP), as well as in various other routine operational situations, the department determined clarification o

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: To update and clarify the scope and procedures used to authorize funding to local jurisdictions investigating incidents of multiple deaths or seeking forensic anthropology services or other testing. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 218-10-005, 218-10-015, 218-10-020, 218-10-025, and 218-10-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.103.090 (1). Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-11-141 on June 5, 2024 [May

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: To update current rule language with gender-inclusive pronouns. This change clarifies the language of the rules without changing its effect. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 72-108-020, 72-120-010, 72-120-110, 72-171-150, 72-276-050, 72-276-055, 72-280-011, 72-280-020, 72-280-040, and 72-325-010. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 72.40.022 , 34.05.220 , 34.05.250 , 28A.155.010 , 42.56.100 . Adopted under not

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose is to adopt amendments to WAC 388-71-0752, 388-71-1055, 388-112A-0090, 388-112A-0495, 388-112A-0610, 388-112A-0611, 388-112A-0612, 388-112A-1240, and 388-112A-1245 due to SB 5499, (chapter 123, Laws of 2023). The adopted amendments update training rules to recognize registered nurses licensed under chapter 18.80 RCW. This concerns the multistate nurse licensure compact. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending W

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of these rule changes conducted through expedited rule making is to make a uniform housekeeping change throughout rules of Title 314 WAC for the use of the acronym "LCB" to designate the liquor and cannabis board, and to update outdated occurrences of the name "liquor control board" where it still remains. This rule making will bring the name of the board current with the replacement of "liquor control board" throughout T

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: RCW 43.19.648 requires that all state agencies and local governments, to the extent practicable as determined by rules adopted pursuant to RCW 43.325.080 , satisfy 100 percent of their fuel usage for operating publicly owned vessels, vehicles, and construction equipment from electricity or biofuel. Rules for state agencies were initially adopted in 2013 and are specified in WAC 194-28-070, while the corresponding rules for local gove

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Drinking water state revolving fund (DWSRF) loan program, chapter 246-296 WAC. The department of health (department) is adopting rule amendments to incorporate the federal requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - P.L. 117-58 - Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The adopted rules redefine the definition of a disadvantaged community and change the state revolving fund priority point system for project r

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of the amendment(s) to WAC 220-415-100 Cougar hunting seasons and regulations, are to add language around the mortality counting period of April 1 - March 31 to subsection (4)(a) and to remove the sunset clause on the 20 percent cap in subsection (3). Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-415-100. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 77.04.055, 77.08.030 , 77.15.240 , 77.15.280

Effective Date of Rule: November 1, 2024. Purpose: Acute care and psychiatric hospital facility fees. The department of health (department) is adopting amendments to WAC 246-320-199 and 246-322-990 to update fees for acute care hospitals licensed under chapter 246-320 WAC and private psychiatric hospitals licensed under chapter 246-322 WAC. The department is adopting updates to rules regarding acute care and private psychiatric hospital fees to address funding needs and to clarify and standardiz

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of social and health services (department) is proposing new rules to implement the establishment of a state-funded guardianship and conservatorship assistance program in alignment with the 2022 adoption of chapter 11.130 RCW by adding new sections in chapter 388-106 WAC. These sections include WAC 388-106-2100 through 388-106-2165. The rules describe eligibility for the guardianship and conservatorship assistance progr

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The passage of 2SHB 1390 in 2023 (chapter 291, Laws of 2023) added new requirements for the decarbonization of campus district energy systems to statute (RCW 19.27A.210 ). These statutory changes require the department of commerce (commerce) to clarify its rules for the clean building performance standard (chapter 194-50 WAC) in order to add additional requirements and maintain consistency. Commerce is proposing to maintain consisten

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Changes to WAC 204-21-130, 204-21-230, 204-36-050, and 204-91A-170 are needed to coincide with legislative changes to RCW 46.37.196 that permit rear-facing blue lights on emergency tow trucks, which became effective July 23, 2023. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 204-21-130, 204-21-230, 204-36-050, and 204-91A-170. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.37.005 , 46.37.320 , and 46.37.194 . Adopted under notice

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The health care authority is amending WAC 182-507-0125 to include state-funded long-term care services provided in an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities authorized by the Washington state department of social and health services, developmental disabilities administration. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-507-0125. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 , 41.05.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The health care authority is amending WAC 182-50-030 to permit members of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee to serve for up to three consecutive three-year terms. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-50-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 , 41.05.160 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-13-041 on June 10, 2024. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Am

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: These proposed rules create the processes to enact the opt-out automatic voter registration system established in E2SSB 5112 (2023) in a manner that ensures consistency in counties throughout the state, provide clarification on disclosure timelines related to primary-only voters in SB 5153 (2023), and create a new voter registration application form in accordance with SB 5112 (2023) and the March 15, 2024, Consent Decree entered in W

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The developmental disabilities administration amended these rules to increase the percentage of a county's allocated funds for county administrative expenses, to remove text that duplicates requirements dictated by statute, and to update the distribution formula and other outdated service names and processes. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-850-020, 388-850-025, 388-850-035, and 388-850-045. Statutory Autho

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of social and health services (department) is adopting new rules to implement provisions of E2SSB 5440 (chapter 453, Laws of 2023). The department is adding new sections in chapter 388-106 WAC to support the new civil transitions program created because of E2SSB 5440. These sections include WAC 388-106-2000 through 388-106-2050. The adopted rules describe eligibility for the civil transitions program, and the package o

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The division of child support (DCS) is amending five sections in chapter 388-14A WAC to reflect changes in law, policy, and procedures over time so that DCS is better aligned with the department of children, youth, and families (DCYF) with respect to child support cases for children in residential care, i.e., foster care. The sections amended are: WAC 388-14A-1025, 388-14A-2105, 388-14A-4111, 388-14A-8110, and 388-14A-8120. These ame

Effective Date of Rule: September 30, 2024. Purpose: Reporting emergency medical services (EMS) data to the Washington EMS information system (WEMSIS). The department of health (department) is adopting amendments to WAC 246-976-001, 246-976-430, and 246-976-910; and two new sections, WAC 246-976-445 and 246-976-455, to comply with SSB 5380 (chapter 314, Laws of 2019). The adopted rules establish requirements for submitting patient data using WEMSIS. The department is also adopting other housekee

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Chapter 246-500 WAC, Handling of human remains. The state board of health adopted changes to WAC 246-500-050, 246-500-053, and 246-500-055 to align with changes in statute. These rules establish the requirements for remains reduced through cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and natural organic reduction. Under these sections, the local registrar or the department of health may issue a burial-transfer permit for the disposition of cremat

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Clarify rules that multistate compact licenses are valid for educational staff associate certification for school nurses, school occupational therapists, and school physical therapists. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 181-79A-223, 181-79A-244, and 181-79A-231. Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 28A.410 RCW. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-11-133 on July 18, 2024 [May 21, 2024]. Number of Sections Ad

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of this rule making is to amend sections in rule in accordance with recently passed legislation, ESSB 5793 and SB 5979. SB 5979 changes which workers in the construction industry must receive paid sick leave pay outs following separation. ESSB 5793 allows workers to use paid sick leave when their child's school or place of care is closed after the declaration of an emergency by a local or state government or agency or by

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to amend WAC 182-30-130 to support the school employees benefits board (SEBB) program: 1. Implemented: Resolution SEBB 2023-04: When a subscriber has a change in residence or employment location that affects medical plan availability. 2. Make other technical amendments: Updated flexible spending arrangement references; and amended special open enrollment events by including when a school employee has a change in re

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to amend WAC 182-31-130 to support the school employees benefits board (SEBB) program: 1. Implemented: Resolution SEBB 2024-07: Continuation coverage when a dependent of a school board member loses eligibility. 2. Make other technical amendments: Added a WAC reference when the dependent's first premium payment and applicable premium surcharges' exception applies. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending W

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to amend WAC 182-31-090 to support the school employees benefits board (SEBB) program: 1. Implemented: Resolution SEBB 2024-06: Continuation coverage when a term of board member of a school district ends. 2. Implement legislation: Updated flexible spending arrangement references to implement SB 5700; and added WAC references that include school board members to implement SSB 5275. 3. Make other technical amendments

Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to amend WAC 182-31-080 to support the school employees benefits board (SEBB) program: 1. Implemented: Resolution SEBB 2024-01 amending Resolution SEBB 2021-02: School employees may waive enrollment in medical. 2. Make other technical amendments: Clarified a school employee may not waive enrollment in SEBB medical if they are enrolled in public employees' benefits board retiree insurance coverage; and added the t

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to amend WAC 182-31-070 to support the school employees benefits board (SEBB) program. Implemented the following SEBB policy resolutions related to dual enrollment prohibitions between SEBB and public employees benefits board (PEBB) programs' procedures: • SEBB 2024-01 amending Resolution SEBB 2021-02: School employees may waive enrollment in medical. • SEBB 2024-02 amending Resolution SEBB 2021-03: SEBB benefit en

Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2025. Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is to amend rules to support the school employees benefits board (SEBB) program: 1. Implement SEBB policy resolutions and statutory changes: • Created WAC 182-30-200 to establish employer group application process; • Created WAC 182-30-205 to establish the requirements for an employer group to request inclusion of retired school employees who are covered under its retiree health plan at the time of applying for partic

Effective Date of Rule: September 30, 2024. Purpose: Emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma care systems chapter updates. The department of health (department) identified updates, revisions, and housekeeping items needed for chapter 246-976 WAC. By doing so, the department will satisfy the requirements of RCW 43.70.041 , enacted and codified in 2013, which directs the department and other state agencies to establish a formal review process of existing rules every five years to reduce the re