EFFECT: (1) Eliminates the requirement that the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) contract with one or more nonprofit organizations to administer the Washington Immigrant Relief Fund (Immigrant Relief Fund).

(2) Permits the DSHS, if it contracts with an organization to administer the Immigrant Relief Fund, to require the organization to perform outreach activities to communities that may have been underrepresented in earlier grant awards under the program.

FISCAL IMPACT: No net changes to appropriated levels.