S-4343               _______________________________________________

 

                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 4659

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Talmadge, McDonald, Wojahn and Moore; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)

 

 

Read first time 2/7/86.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to eligibility determinations for medical care programs; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 74.09 RCW to read as follows:

          An agreement between spouses transferring or assigning rights to future income from one spouse to the other shall be invalid for purposes of determining eligibility for medical assistance or the limited casualty program for the medically needy, but this section does not affect agreements between spouses transferring or assigning resources, and income produced by transferred or assigned resources shall continue to be recognized as the separate income of the transferee.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.