Emergencys

Effective Date of Rule: April 23, 2024. Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to open recreational razor clam seasons. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-16000R; and amending WAC 220-330-160. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfa

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule making is to extend the apportionment advance request and payout periods for school districts and charter schools, and to establish requirements for repayment assurance and apportionment advance repayment schedules for funds received. As a result of enrollment declines, expiring access to federal COVID[-19] relief, unanticipated rise in uncontrollable costs, and other unforeseen events, many districts ha

Effective Date of Rule: April 20, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to close recreational salmon seasons in Catch Record Card Area 5. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-313-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfar

Effective Date of Rule: April 17, 2024. Purpose: The department of social and health services (department) is extending emergency amendments to the following WAC sections to more accurately align pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program rules with federal regulations. WAC 388-439-0020 Eligibility for pandemic EBT benefits for children under age six, and 388-439-0025 Eligibility for pandemic EBT benefits during the 2023 summer period. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-439-0020 and 38

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: Issuance of a formal emergency drought declaration, directed by the governor and signed by the department of ecology (ecology) director. Purpose: Ecology is adopting a new emergency rule, chapter 173-167 WAC, Emergency drought funding. This emergency rule provides eligibility criteria for grant funds to alleviate hardship resulting from the dro

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The health care authority is amending this rule to allow for back dating on the provider enrollment application. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-502-0005. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 , 41.05.160 , 34.05.350 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general wel

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open commercial crab fishing in Puget Sound. WAC 220-340-45500H extends the commercial closures in Region 1 (Marine Fish-Shellfish (MFSF) Catch Areas 20A, 20B, 22A), Subregion 3-3, and Subregion 3-4 to April 17, 2024. WAC 220-340-47000E updates the pot limits of recently closed crab management regions and subregions effective immediately. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-

Effective Date of Rule: April 15, 2024, 8:00 a.m. Purpose: This emergency rule is necessary to adjust the Quinault secondary special management area boundary and set the season opening for the Quileute special management area with a pot limit. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-42000W and 220-340-45000Q; and amending WAC 220-340-420 and 220-340-450. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agenc

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule is necessary to open additional recreational salmon fishing days in Catch Record Card Area 11. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000R; and amending WAC 220-313-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preser

Effective Date of Rule: May 16, 2024. Purpose: Opens recreational shrimp harvest in waters of Puget Sound. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-330-070. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to modify spring recreational salmon and steelhead rules in the lower Columbia River and Deep River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-03000L and 220-312-06000G; and amending WAC 220-312-030 and 220-312-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendme

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Naloxone nasal spray as over-the-counter (OTC) status. In March 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first 4 mg naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray as an OTC drug and has approved other naloxone nasal sprays since that time. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist used for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose. Currently, WAC 246-945-030 incorporates the 39th edition of the Approved Drug

Effective Date of Rule: April 5, 2024. Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to modify spring recreational salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and Deep River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-03000I and 220-312-06000D; and amending WAC 220-312-030 and 220-312-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rul

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency rule will allow nontreaty commercial fishing opportunities in the Columbia River while protecting fish listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This rule implements federal court orders governing Washington's relationship with treaty Indian tribes, federal law governing Washington's relationship with Oregon, and Washington fish and wildlife commission policy guidance for Columbia River fish

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The Washington state legislature passed HB [2SHB] 1751 referred to as "Sam's Law," which took effect June 9, 2022. The law requires colleges to take several actions to prevent hazing, including modifying the code of student conduct. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 132V-130-020; and amending WAC 132V-130-010. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.50.140 . Other Authority: Washington state HB [2SHB] 1751. Under R

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: To bring Tacoma Community College's student conduct code into compliance with Title IX federal regulations, under 34 C.F.R. § 106 and the antihazing provisions of SHB [2SHB] 1751 and RCW 28B.10.900 and [28B.10].902, and to bring adjudicative procedures into compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW. The Tacoma Community College board of trustees adopted these emergency rules in an open public meeting on [no date

Effective Date of Rule: April 8, 2024. Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to open recreational razor clam seasons. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-16000Q; and amending WAC 220-330-160. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfar

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This rule establishes eligibility criteria for the civil transition program, which is a state-funded, fee-for-service program that requires the department of social and health services to provide wraparound services and supports in community-based settings, which may include residential supports, to persons who have been found not competent to stand trial due to an intellectual or developmental disability, dementia, or traumatic brain inj

Effective Date of Rule: March 29, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to implement steelhead conservation measures in coastal, Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay tributaries. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-02000I; and amending WAC 220-312-020. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary

Effective Date of Rule: April 4, 2024. Purpose: This emergency rule: (1) Sets 2024 recreational halibut seasons. (2) Sets annual limit of six halibut. (3) Allows halibut legally retained in Area 5 to be landed in Area 4 on days Area 4 is closed to halibut fishing. (4) Sets retention rules for lingcod, Pacific cod, and sablefish in waters seaward of 120' in Marine Areas 5 and 6 on days open for halibut. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-314-03000R; and amending WAC 220-3

Effective Date of Rule: April 1, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open commercial razor clam seasons. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-12000L; and amending WAC 220-340-120. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general

Effective Date of Rule: March 26, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to close salmon seasons in Marine Area 10, except in the Agate Pass catch and release fishery and for year-round piers. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000Q; and amending WAC 220-313-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: In alignment with SHB [2SHB] 1550, passed by the Washington state legislature in 2023, the emergency rules establish the transition to kindergarten program. The rules provide for the administration of, the allocation of state funding for, and minimum standards and requirements for the transition to kindergarten program for the 2023-24 school year. This is a renewal of emergency rule filing as the office of superintendent of public instruc

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to allow pots in excess pot limits to be loaded aboard a vessel 48 hours prior to pot limits being lifted. This rule will also set the removal of pot limits within the Quinault primary special management area while setting seasons and pot limits within the Quinault secondary special management area. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-42000V and 220-340-45000P; and amending

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The county road administration board administers the rural arterial program which provides grant funds for capital improvements on county road arterials and collectors. Counties may request an increase in funding for a project. Currently, that request is capped at 25 percent of the grant amount. This emergency WAC amendment will eliminate the 25 percent cap on the amount a county may request. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amen

Effective Date of Rule: March 26, 2024. Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to open recreational razor clam seasons. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-16000P; and amending WAC 220-330-160. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfa

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Amending the definition of mental health professional and creating certified agency affiliated counselor (C-AAC) and licensed agency affiliated counselor (L-AAC) credentials. Amending WAC 246-341-0200 and 246-341-0515 in chapter 246-341 WAC, Behavioral health agency licensing and certification requirements, and WAC 246-810-010, 246-810-015, and 246-810-990 in chapter 246-810 WAC, Counselors. 2SHB 1724 (chapter 425, Laws of 2023) made seve

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to close red sea urchin and green urchin harvest in all areas. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-75000G. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or gene

Effective Date of Rule: April 1, 2024. Purpose: Closes clam, mussel, and oyster harvest at Kopachuck State Park, a beach that is currently described as open April 1 through May 31 in permanent rules. This action will close the beach to accommodate construction at the park in 2024. Proposed seasons for 2024 have been adopted in permanent rule making but there was insufficient notice of construction to adopt the permanent rule for this change. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: In alignment with ESSB 5293, passed by the Washington state legislature in 2023, the emergency rules exempt school districts and charter schools for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 budget periods from accepting binding conditions when the proceeds of an interfund loan have been used to balance deficit fund balances. The rules allow this exemption in order to address budget destabilization in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is co

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Amending the definition of mental health professional and creating certified agency affiliated counselor (C-AAC) and licensed agency affiliated counselor (L-AAC) credentials. Amending WAC 246-341-0200 and 246-341-0515 in chapter 246-341 WAC, Behavioral health agency licensing and certification requirements, and WAC 246-810-010, 246-810-015, and 246-810-990 in chapter 246-810 WAC, Counselors. 2SHB 1724 (chapter 425, Laws of 2023) made seve

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: To delete 2021 Wildland-Urban Interface Code and reserve numbers within chapter 51-55 WAC. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 51-55-001, 51-55-002, 51-55-003, 51-55-008, 51-55-0100, 51-55-0200, 51-55-0300, 51-55-0400, 51-55-0500, 51-55-0600, 51-55-0700, 51-55-0800, 51-55-0900, and 51-55-1000. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 19.27.031 , 19.27.560 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This emergency filing is needed to reinstate an amendment erroneously removed from the 2021 International Fire Code during the 2021 initial rule making (2021 Code Adoption Cycle). Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 51-54A-0308. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 19.27.031 , 19.27.074 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preserva

Effective Date of Rule: March 16, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open hatchery steelhead seasons in Salmon Creek (Clark County). Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfa

Effective Date of Rule: April 4, 2024. Purpose: This emergency rule: (1) Sets 2024 recreational halibut seasons; (2) sets annual limit of six halibut; and (3) allows halibut legally retained in Area 5 to be landed in Area 4 on days Area 4 is closed to halibut fishing. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-314-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adopti

Effective Date of Rule: March 15, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to close white sturgeon retention in the Columbia River from John Day Dam to McNary Dam. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-06000E; and amending WAC 220-312-060. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the pre

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The developmental disabilities administration is adopting new sections of rule on an emergency basis to implement E2SSB 5440 (2023), which directs the department of social and health services to develop a process for connecting individuals who have been found not competent to stand trial due to an intellectual or developmental disability to available wraparound services and supports in community-based settings. Citation of Rules Affected

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open commercial red sea urchin harvest in District 3. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-75000F; and amending WAC 220-340-750. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public

Effective Date of Rule: March 14, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to increase the pot limit in Crab Management Region 1, and Subregions 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, and 3-4 to 75 pots per license effective March 14, 2024. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-47000C; and amending WAC 220-340-470. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, am

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Removing postgraduate medical training barriers to physician licensing. The Washington medical commission (commission) is extending its emergency rule that amends WAC 246-919-330 to eliminate the outdated requirement for consecutive years of training in no more than two programs. This change will remove a barrier for qualified applicants to obtain a physician license. Due to the practitioner shortage, multiple pathways to board certificat

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: This rule-making order amends chapter 16-470 WAC, Quarantine — Agricultural pests, to expand the boundaries of the internal quarantine for Japanese beetle within Washington state. The quarantine prohibits the movement of regulated articles located inside the quarantine area from moving outside of it. The quarantine prevents potentially infested host material from being transported to other parts of the state, thereby limiting the spread o

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to close red sea urchin harvest in District 1. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-75000E; and amending WAC 220-340-750. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, s

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The department of social and health services is planning to amend WAC 388-71-0523, 388-71-0836, 388-71-0837, 388-71-0839, 388-71-0875, 388-71-0880, 388-71-0888, 388-71-0893, 388-71-0975, 388-71-0977, 388-71-0980, 388-71-1001, 388-112A-0010, 388-112A-0110, 388-112A-0115, 388-112A-0130, 388-115-0503, 388-115-0505, 388-115-0520, 388-115-0523, 388-115-0540, 388-115-05410; and repeal WAC 388-112A-0130 in response and in compliance to E2SHB 169

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open razor clam harvest in Razor Clam Areas 1, 3, 4, and 5. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-16000N; and amending WAC 220-330-160. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Medication assistance in community-based and in-home care settings. As provided in RCW 69.41.010 (15), the pharmacy quality assurance commission (commission) and department of health (department) are filing jointly to reinstate medication assistance rules as permitted under chapter 69.41 RCW by adopting new rules in WAC 246-945-710, 246-945-712, 246-945-714, 246-945-716, 246-945-718, 246-945-720, 246-945-722, 246-945-724, 246-945-726, and

Effective Date of Rule: March 5, 2024. Purpose: Opens a five-hour smelt fishery on the Cowlitz River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-315-03000F; and amending WAC 220-315-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that obser

Effective Date of Rule: March 1, 2024. Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to modify salmon seasons for Cowlitz River, Drano Lake, Kalama River, Klickitat River, and Wind River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.12.045 , and 77.12.047 . Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the publ