ADSA: NH #2012-016
FORMAL PHASE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 388-97 WAC
Dear Nursing Home/Facility Administrator and Interested Parties:
In August 2012, the department filed a CR-101 to begin the rule adoption process for changes to Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 388-97, Nursing Homes.
Recently, the department filed the CR 102, a more formal phase of the rule making process. The CR 102, including draft rule language, is available on the ADSA website,
under the heading "NH Rule Filings: Chapter 388-97 WAC" at: http://www.adsa.dshs.wa.gov/professional/nh.htm
You may either submit any 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: January 8, 2013
Time: 10: 00 a.m.
Location:
Office Building 2 - Auditorium
(DSHS Headquarters)
1115 Washington
Olympia, WA 98504
You must submit written comments by 5:00 p.m. on January 8, 2013 to the following address or by email to
Jennisha Johnson at DSHSRPAURulesCoordinator@dshs.wa.gov
DSHS Rules Coordinator /RPAU
PO Box 45850
Olympia WA, 98504-5850
Driving directions to Office Building 2 can be accessed online at http://www.dshs.wa.gov/msa/rpau/RPAU-OB-2directions.html. Public parking is available at 11th and Jefferson Streets.
If you have any questions about the proposed rules, please contact Scott Bird, Program Manager at (360) 725-2581 or email at birdsa@dshs.wa.gov.
Sincerely,
Joyce Pashley Stockwell, Director
Residential Care Services