February 3, 2014
ALTSA: ESF #2014-001
FORMAL PHASE (CR-102) OF ESTABLISHING
NEW CHAPTER 388-107 WAC - ENHANCED SERVICES FACILITIES
Dear Enhanced Services Facilities Interested Party and Stakeholder:
In July 2013, the department filed a CR-101 to begin the rule adoption process to establish new Chapter 388-107 Washington Administrative Code (WAC), Enhanced Services Facilities.
In 2005, the Legislature passed a law establishing a new licensure category called Enhanced Services Facilities. Funding to establish these facilities was approved by the 2013 Legislature under Third Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5034 (Chapter 4, Laws of 2013).
The department recently filed the CR-102, a more formal phase of the rule-making process. The CR-102 (WSR 14-03-026), including proposed rule language, is available on the ALTSA website under the heading, "ESF Rule Filings," at: http://www.altsa.dshs.wa.gov/professional/esf.htm.
You may either submit comments in person at the public hearing listed below or in writing to the department's Rules and Policies Assistance Unit (RPAU).
The formal hearing for the proposed rules is scheduled:
Date: March 11, 2014
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location:
Office Building 2 – Auditorium
1115 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WA 98504
Public parking is at 11th and Jefferson. A map is available at: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/msa/rpau/RPAU-OB-2directions.html or by calling (360) 664-6094.
You must submit written comments by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 to the following address or by e-mail to:
DSHSRPAURulesCoordinator@dshs.wa.gov.
DSHS Rules Coordinator/RPAU
P.O. Box 45850
Olympia, WA 98504-5850
If you have questions about the proposed rules, please contact John Gaskell, Program Manager at (360) 725-3210 or e-mail at gaskejw@dshs.wa.gov.
Sincerely,
E. Irene Owens, Interim Director
Residential Care Services