Services and Enterprise Support Administration

WAC 388-891A-0220

The proposed amendment is necessary to update the contact information by which a customer can reach the client assistance program, a significant policy stakeholder for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and provider for recipients of vocational rehabilitation services.

WAC 388-02-0075

The department is filing this subsequent emergency rule in response to the public health crisis created by the COVID-19 virus (commonly referred to as the “Coronavirus”). The extended emergency rule allows electronic filing and electronic distribution of notices and orders to the office of administrative hearings via email by striking the email prohibition, adding a provision for email filing with the Office of Administrative Hearings, and adding clarifying language.

WAC 388-02-0075

The rule allows electronic filing and electronic distribution of notices and orders to the Office of Administrative Hearings via email by striking the email prohibition in prior rule, adding a provision for email filing with the Office of Administrative Hearings, and adding clarifying language.

WAC 388-02-0075

The department is filing this first extension of its emergency rule at WSR 20-08-049, that was effective March 25, 2020, and expires on July 23, 2020, in response to the public health crisis created by the COVID-19 virus (commonly referred to as the “Coronavirus”). The extended emergency rule allows electronic filing and electronic distribution of notices and orders to the office of administrative hearings via email by striking the email prohibition, adding a provision for email filing with the Office of Administrative Hearings, and adding clarifying language.  DSHS is actively undertaking the appropriate procedures to adopt the rule as a permanent rule, and filed a CR-101 Preproposal Statement of Inquiry as WSR 20-15-061 on July 10, 2020.

WAC 388-02-0075

The department is filing this emergency in response to the public health crisis created by the COVID-19 virus (commonly referred to as the “Coronavirus”). This emergency allows electronic filing and electronic distribution of notices and orders to the office of administrative hearings via email by striking the email prohibition, adding a provision for email filing with the Office of Administrative Hearings, and adding clarifying language.

Chapter 388-22 WAC

The department determined that this rule is outdated, inaccurate, has the potential to cause confusion, and is no longer needed. Necessary portions were adopted under different chapters. 

WAC 388-03-160

The department is amending WAC 388-03-160 to help mitigate a potential shortage of certified or authorized interpreters and translators that could occur when the credentials of interpreters and translators who have not yet completed the requirements to maintain their certifications or authorizations expire on April 6, 2019. A temporary reinstatement of expired credentials will allow interpreters and translators more time to provide services to department Limited English Proficient clients while they seek to establish new certifications or authorizations. 

WACs 388-01-020, 030, 060

The department is amending WAC 388-01-020 “How is DSHS organized?”, WAC 388-01-030 “What public records are available?”, and WAC 388-01-060 “How may an individual request a public record?” to update an outdated hyperlink and correct two typographical errors .