AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2008 BH "Dear Administrator" Letters

August 25, 2008

ADSA:  BH #2008-014
CR-102 Filings for Proposed Rule Making: Chapter 388-78A WAC

Dear Boarding Home Administrator:

The department recently filed two notices for Proposed Rule-Making (CR 102) for Chapter 388-78A Washington Administrative Code (WAC), Boarding home licensing rules.  This information is accessible online via the ADSA BH professional page at http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/professional/bh.htm under the title, BH Rule Filings.

We are now in a more formal phase of the rule-making process, so any comments that you have must be shared either in person at the public hearing or in writing to the department’s Rules and Policies Assistance Unit (RPAU).  The formal hearing for the proposed rules is scheduled:            

Date: September 23, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location:
Blake Office Park East, Rose Room
4500 10th Avenue SE, Lacey, WA 98503

Written comments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on September 23, 2008 to the following address or by email to DSHSRPAURulesCoordinator@dshs.wa.gov.

DSHS Rules Coordinator /RPAU
P.O. Box 45850
Olympia, WA 98504-5850

Directions are enclosed with this letter and signs will be posted at the door.   Please check in with reception to obtain a visitor pass and parking permit.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Todd Erik Henry, Program Manager, at (360) 725-2580 or henryte@dshs.wa.gov .

Sincerely,

Joyce Pashley Stockwell, Director
Residential Care Services

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