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HOUSE BILL 1028
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representatives H. Myers, Vance, Jones, Orr, Flemming, Springer, Shin, Dunshee and Chappell
Read first time 01/12/93. Referred to Committee on Trade, Economic Development & Housing.
AN ACT Relating to live-in care for tenants in mobile home parks; and adding a new section to chapter 59.20 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 59.20 RCW to read as follows:
A tenant in a mobile home park may share his or her mobile home with any person over eighteen years of age, if that person is providing live-in home health care or live-in hospice care to the tenant under an approved plan of treatment ordered by the tenant's physician. The live-in care provider is not considered a tenant of the park and shall have no rights of tenancy in the park. Any agreement between the tenant and the live-in care provider does not change the terms and conditions of the rental agreement between the landlord and the tenant. The live-in care provider shall comply with the rules of the mobile home park. The landlord may not charge a fee for the live-in care provider, except for use-based fees that are specified in the rental agreement or lease and which are directly attributable to the presence of the live-in care provider. For purposes of this section, "use-based fee" means a fee or charge for services or facilities that is based upon the amount of the tenant's use of a particular service or facility.
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