CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5809

Chapter 165, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session



HOME VISITING SERVICES ACCOUNT



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/28/13

Passed by the Senate April 19, 2013
  YEAS 46   NAYS 1

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 16, 2013
  YEAS 92   NAYS 4

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5809 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

HUNTER G. GOODMAN
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Secretary
Approved May 7, 2013, 2:34 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 7, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5809
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Senator Litzow

Read first time 02/18/13.   Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.



     AN ACT Relating to the home visiting services account; and amending RCW 43.215.130.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.215.130 and 2010 1st sp.s. c 37 s 933 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) The home visiting services account is created in the ((custody of the state treasurer)) state treasury. Revenues to the account shall consist of appropriations by the legislature and all other sources deposited in the account. All federal funds received by the department for home visiting activities must be deposited into the account.
     (b)(i) Expenditures from the account shall be used for state matching funds for the purposes of the program established in this section and federally funded activities for the home visiting program, including administrative expenses. ((Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account.))
     (ii) The department oversees the account and is the lead state agency for home visiting system development. The nongovernmental private-public partnership administers the home visiting service delivery system and provides implementation support functions to funded programs.
     (iii) It is the intent of the legislature that state funds invested in the account be matched at fifty percent by the private-public partnership each fiscal year. However, state funds in the account may be accessed in the event that the private-public partnership fails to meet the fifty percent match target. Should the private-public partnership not meet the fifty percent match target by the conclusion of the fiscal year ending on June 30th, the department and the private-public partnership, shall jointly submit a report to the relevant legislative committees detailing the reasons why the fifty percent match target was not met, the actual match rate achieved, and a plan to achieve fifty percent match in the subsequent fiscal year. This report shall be submitted as promptly as practicable, but the lack of receipt of this report shall not prevent state funds in the account from being accessed.
     (iv) Amounts used for program administration by the department may not exceed an average of four percent in any two consecutive fiscal years.
     (v)
Authorizations for expenditures may be given only after private funds are committed ((and available)). The nongovernmental private-public partnership must report to the department quarterly to demonstrate sufficient investment of private match funds.
     (c) Expenditures from the account are ((exempt from the appropriations and)) subject to appropriation and the allotment provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. ((However, amounts used for program administration by the department are subject to the allotment and budgetary controls of chapter 43.88 RCW, and an appropriation is required for these expenditures.))
     (2) The department must expend moneys from the account to provide state matching funds for partnership activities to implement home visiting services and administer the infrastructure necessary to develop, support, and evaluate evidence-based, research-based, and promising home visiting programs.
     (3) Activities eligible for funding through the account include, but are not limited to:
     (a) Home visiting services that achieve one or more of the following: (i) Enhancing child development and well-being by alleviating the effects on child development of poverty and other known risk factors; (ii) reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect; or (iii) promoting school readiness for young children and their families; and
     (b) Development and maintenance of the infrastructure for home visiting programs, including training, quality improvement, and evaluation.
     (4) Beginning July 1, 2010, the department shall contract with the nongovernmental private-public partnership designated in RCW 43.215.070 to administer programs funded through the home visiting services account. The department shall monitor performance and provide periodic reports on the use outcomes of the home visiting services account.
     (5) The nongovernmental private-public partnership shall, in the administration of the programs:
     (a) Fund programs through a competitive bid process or in compliance with the regulations of the funding source; and
     (b) Convene an advisory committee of early learning and home visiting experts, including one representative from the department, to advise the partnership regarding research and the distribution of funds from the account to eligible programs.
     (((6) To promote continuity for families receiving home visiting services through programs funded on May 4, 2010, those programs funded under chapter 43.121 RCW shall be funded through June 30, 2012, based on availability of funds and the achievement of stated performance goals. This section does not require any program to receive continuous funding beyond June 30, 2012. Organizations that may receive program funding include local health departments; nonprofit, neighborhood-based, community, regional, or statewide organizations; and federally recognized Indian tribes located in the state.))


         Passed by the Senate April 19, 2013.
         Passed by the House April 16, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor May 7, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 7, 2013.