6062-S3 AMS HOCH S4419.1

3SSB 6062 - S AMD

By Senator Hochstatter

                                                   Adopted 1/22/96

    On page 55, after line 10, insert the following:

    "Sec. 701.  RCW 74.08.025 and 1981 1st ex.s. c 6 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

    Public assistance ((shall)) may be awarded to any applicant:

    (1) Who is in need and otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of department assistance programs; and

    (2) Who has not made a voluntary assignment of property or cash for the purpose of qualifying for an assistance grant; and

    (3) Who is not an inmate of a public institution except as a patient in a medical institution or except as an inmate in a public institution who could qualify for federal aid assistance:  PROVIDED, That the assistance paid by the department to recipients in nursing homes, or receiving nursing home care, may cover the cost of clothing and incidentals and general maintenance exclusive of medical care and health services.  The department may pay a grant to cover the cost of clothing and personal incidentals in public or private medical institutions and institutions for tuberculosis.  The department shall allow recipients in nursing homes to retain, in addition to the grant to cover the cost of clothing and incidentals, wages received for work as a part of a training or rehabilitative program designed to prepare the recipient for less restrictive placement to the extent permitted under Title XIX of the federal social security act.

    Sec. 702.  RCW 74.08.340 and 1959 c 26 s 74.08.340 are each amended to read as follows:

    All assistance granted under this title shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may hereafter be enacted, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his assistance being affected in any way by such amending or repealing act.  There is no entitlement to public assistance.  Public assistance shall be considered solely as a charitable gesture or gift on the part of the state, which at any time may be discontinued."

    Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

3SSB 6062 - S AMD

By Senator Hochstatter

                                                   Adopted 1/22/96

    On page 1, line 5 of the title, after "35.63.185," strike all material through "35A.63.215" and insert "35A.63.215, 74.08.025, and 74.08.340"

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