5677-S2 AMS WOJA S2142

5677-S2 AMS WOJA S2142.1

2SSB 5677 - S AMD TO S AMD (S-2023.2/97) - 050

By Senator Wojahn

NOT ADOPTED 3/3/97

Beginning on page 1, line 22 of the amendment, strike all material through "repealed." on page 47, line 25 and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. (a) INTENT. The legislature finds that it is in the public interest that the state adopt public assistance policies for needy families that stress: The central role of employment in reducing poverty and need; the temporary nature of public assistance; the importance of the state's efforts in sustaining economic independence and promoting occupational and income advancement; and the continuing responsibility of the state to protect children and other vulnerable residents.

Therefore, the legislature intends that:

(1) Work should provide the best opportunity for needy families to raise their incomes and leave poverty;

(2) Parents should be responsible for support of their children. Child support will be aggressively pursued to assure that responsibility is fulfilled;

(3) Those recipients who can work shall immediately participate in mandatory work or work preparation activities;

(4) Sanctions for nonparticipation shall be clear, timely, and progressive;

(5) Work should pay and the incentives in the system should support unsubsidized employment opportunities;

(6) Education and job training should be accessible so an entry‑level job can be the first step on a career ladder;

(7) The individual shall sign a statement of personal responsibility, acknowledging responsibility for moving quickly into the world of work;

(8) The state should help provide the tools for assistance recipients to get and keep a job, and improve their opportunity for advancement;

(9) Essential services that low and moderate‑income families need for sustaining independence, including health care insurance and child care, should be affordable and accessible;

(10) Assistance should be available for those unable to perform self-sustaining work;

(11) Individuals temporarily not able to work will be responsible for participating in activities designed to help them achieve self-sufficiency;

(12) Legal immigrants should be eligible for the same programs as other residents;

(13) State agencies involved with the temporary assistance for needy families program will be focused on moving people into self‑sustaining work;

(14) The state's goals should be supported by working through public and private providers who are most effective in getting people ready for and into unsubsidized employment;

(15) Partnerships should be built with local governments, business, labor, and civic and religious organizations to mobilize the resources of communities to help families raise their incomes and leave poverty; and

(16) WorkFirst should recognize the distinct needs and resources of communities and provide recipients with programs suited to the different labor markets of the state.

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. 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 legal entitlement to temporary assistance for needy families.

Sec. 102. 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.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 103. A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW to read as follows:

TIME LIMITS. (1) A family that includes an adult who has received temporary assistance for needy families for sixty months after the effective date of this section shall be ineligible for further temporary assistance for needy families assistance.

(2) For the purposes of applying the rules of this section, the department shall count any month in which an adult family member received a temporary assistance for needy families cash assistance grant unless the assistance was provided when the family member was a minor child and not the head of the household or married to the head of the household.

(3) The legislature recognizes that under P.L. 104-193 the department may exempt no more than twenty percent of the temporary assistance for needy families caseload from the sixty-month time limit. The legislature further recognizes that not all adult recipients of temporary assistance for needy families can be expected to attain self-sufficiency within this time limit. Because the sixty-month time limit will not be applicable to recipients until 2002, the legislature further believes that it is appropriate to engage in the study required in section 501 of this act before making decisions about caseload exemptions.

Sec. 104. RCW 74.12.035 and 1985 c 335 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) ((A family or assistance unit is not eligible for aid for any month if for that month the total income of the family or assistance unit, without application of income disregards, exceeds one hundred eighty-five percent of the state standard of need for a family of the same composition: PROVIDED, That for the purposes of determining the total income of the family or assistance unit, the earned income of a dependent child who is a full-time student for whom aid to families with dependent children is being provided shall be disregarded for six months per calendar year.

~~(2)~~)) Participation in a strike does not constitute good cause to leave or to refuse to seek or accept employment. Assistance is not payable to a family for any month in which any caretaker relative with whom the child is living is, on the last day of the month, participating in a strike. An individual's need shall not be included in determining the amount of aid payable for any month to a family or assistance unit if, on the last day of the month, the individual is participating in a strike.

((~~(3)~~)) (2) Children over eighteen years of age and under nineteen years of age who are otherwise eligible for temporary assistance for needy families and who are full-time students ((~~reasonably expected to complete a program of~~)) attending secondary school, or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training((~~, before reaching nineteen years of age~~)) are eligible to receive ((aid to families with dependent children: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That if such students do not successfully complete such program before reaching nineteen years of age, the assistance rendered under this subsection during such period shall not be a debt due the state)) temporary assistance for needy families.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 105. A new section is added to chapter 74.12A RCW to read as follows:

GRANT DIVERSION. The legislature recognizes there are low-income employable families who are in danger of becoming reliant on public assistance. With minimal short-term help from the state, these families can remain intact, actively involved in the labor market, and financially self-sufficient. Therefore, the legislature finds it is in the public interest to establish a grant diversion program to help at-risk families remain off temporary assistance for needy families.

(1) The department may provide state-funded cash aid to meet short-term need, thereby allowing employable low-income families to remain off assistance.

(2) Diversion assistance may include cash or vouchers in payment for the following needs:

(a) Child care;

(b) Housing assistance;

(d) Food;

(e) Medical costs not covered under chapter 74.09 RCW; and

(f) Employment-related expenses that are necessary to keep or obtain paid unsubsidized employment.

(3) Diversion assistance is available once in each twelve-month period. Recipients of diversion assistance are not included in the temporary assistance for needy families program.

(4) Diversion assistance may not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for each instance.

(5) To be eligible for diversion assistance, a family must otherwise be eligible for, but not receiving, temporary assistance for needy families.

(6) Families ineligible for temporary assistance for needy families due to sanction, noncompliance, the lump sum income rule, or any other reason are not eligible for diversion assistance.

(7) Families must provide evidence showing that a bona fide need exists according to subsection (2) of this section in order to be eligible for diversion assistance.

(8) If the recipient of diversion assistance receives temporary assistance for needy families assistance within a period specified by the department, but not to exceed twelve months following the receipt of diversion assistance, the amount of the diversion assistance shall be recovered by the state by deduction from the recipient's temporary assistance for needy families grant.

(9) If funds appropriated for grant diversion are exhausted, the department shall discontinue the program in this section.

Sec. 106. RCW 74.09.510 and 1991 sp.s. c 8 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

Medical assistance may be provided in accordance with eligibility requirements established by the department ((~~of social and health services~~)), as defined in the social security Title XIX state plan for mandatory categorically needy persons and: (1) Individuals who would be eligible for cash assistance except for their institutional status; (2) individuals who are under twenty-one years of age, who would be eligible for ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families, but do not qualify as dependent children and who are in (a) foster care, (b) subsidized adoption, (c) a nursing facility or an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, or (d) inpatient psychiatric facilities; (3) the aged, blind, and disabled who: (a) Receive only a state supplement, or (b) would not be eligible for cash assistance if they were not institutionalized; (4) categorically related individuals who ((~~would be eligible for but choose not to receive cash assistance~~)) meet the income and resource requirements of the cash assistance programs; (5) individuals who are enrolled in managed health care systems, who have otherwise lost eligibility for medical assistance, but who have not completed a current six-month enrollment in a managed health care system, and who are eligible for federal financial participation under Title XIX of the social security act; (6) children and pregnant women allowed by federal statute for whom funding is appropriated; ((~~and~~)) (7) other individuals eligible for medical services under RCW 74.09.035 and 74.09.700 for whom federal financial participation is available under Title XIX of the social security act; and (8) persons allowed by section 1931 of the social security act for whom funding is appropriated.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 107. A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTIONS. The department shall establish by rule good cause exemptions consistent with the family violence options of Sec. 402 (a)(7) of Title IV-A of the federal social security act as amended by P.L. 104-193. Individuals granted a good cause exemption may not be subject to work requirements, child support cooperation requirements, and time limits of section 103 of this act. The department shall periodically review such exemptions to determine when they are no longer necessary.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 108. A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW to read as follows:

STATE-FUNDED TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. (1) The department may provide state-funded temporary assistance for needy families and medical assistance to needy families if: The needy caretaker relative is disabled; the needy caretaker relative is needed in the home to care for a disabled family member; or the needy nonparent caretaker relative is at least fifty years old.

(2) Such assistance shall be provided under the same rules and in the same amount as under the temporary assistance for needy families program except: Such families shall not be subject to temporary assistance for needy families WorkFirst requirements unless they volunteer and they will not be subject to the sixty-month time limit in section 103 of this act.

(3) The department may use state funds as appropriated to provide such benefits.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 109. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 74.12.420 and 1994 c 299 s 9; and

(2) RCW 74.12.425 and 1994 c 299 s 10.

II. WORKFIRST

NEW SECTION. Sec. 201. A new section is added to chapter 74.25 RCW to read as follows:

STATEMENT OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. (1) A family receiving or applying for assistance under the temporary assistance for needy families program is ineligible for continued or new assistance if the recipient and the department have not completed a statement of personal responsibility satisfying the requirements of this section.

(2) The statement of personal responsibility shall emphasize the importance of work.

(3) The statement of personal responsibility shall contain, but is not limited to (a) an explanation of Washington's WorkFirst program, including time limits; (b) the rights and responsibilities of the recipient in the WorkFirst program; (c) a list of the available programs for which the family is eligible; and (d) the sanctions imposed on the recipient for refusing or failing to participate in the WorkFirst program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 202. A new section is added to chapter 74.25 RCW to read as follows:

WASHINGTON WORKFIRST PROGRAM. (1) There is established in the department the WorkFirst program, the welfare-to-work program for temporary assistance for needy families. The department shall administer the program consistent with the temporary assistance for needy families provisions of P.L. 104-193. In operating the WorkFirst program the department shall require recipients of temporary assistance for needy families to engage in work activities, as defined in P.L. 104-193 on the effective date of this section, including:

(a) Unsubsidized paid employment in the private or public sector;

(b) Subsidized paid employment in the private or public sector;

(c) Work experience, including work associated with the refurbishing of publicly assisted housing, if sufficient paid employment is not available;

(d) On-the-job training;

(e) Job search and job readiness assistance;

(f) Community service programs;

(g) Vocational educational training, not to exceed twelve months with respect to any individual;

(h) Job skills training directly related to employment, including structured pursuit of self-employment opportunities that involves development of a business plan and meets criteria for micro-credit and micro-enterprise opportunities;

(i) Education directly related to employment, in the case of a recipient who has not received a high school diploma or a GED;

(j) Satisfactory attendance at secondary school or in a course of study leading to a GED, in the case of a recipient who has not completed secondary school or received such a certificate;

(k) The provision of child care services to an individual who is participating in a community service program; or

(l) Other activities as defined by the department that are directly related to improving the recipient's employability and lead to the first available job.

(2) All recipients of temporary assistance for needy families shall participate in the WorkFirst program except single custodial parent recipients with a child under age one year. The exemption shall not exceed a total of twelve months.

(3) The department shall adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW establishing criteria constituting circumstances of good cause for an individual failing or refusing to participate in an assigned activity, or failing or refusing to accept or retain employment.

(4) All teen parents under age eighteen years who are approved for assistance shall, as a condition of receiving benefits, actively progress toward the completion of a high school diploma, GED, or an approved alternative education program.

(5) The department may provide employment and training and education support services to assist temporary assistance for needy families recipients under chapter 74.12 RCW to obtain employment.

(6) The department may contract with public and private employment and training agencies and other public service entities to carry out the purposes of Washington's WorkFirst program.

(7) The department shall adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW as necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this chapter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 203. A new section is added to chapter 74.25 RCW to read as follows:

JOB SEARCH. (1) The department shall require temporary assistance for needy families recipients to engage in initial and ongoing job search. Failure to participate in the job search component shall result in sanctions under section 204 of this act.

(2) The Washington WorkFirst program shall include an initial job search component in which each nonexempt recipient of temporary assistance for needy families shall participate. The initial job search component will last four weeks for each recipient. Each recipient shall be required to attend initial job search component activities at least thirty hours per week. The initial job search component shall serve as an assessment tool to determine a recipient's employability. If a recipient fails to find paid employment during the initial job search component, the department may refer the recipient to those work activities that are directly related to improving the recipient's employability. Priority shall be given to work activities that simulate the work environment.

(3) As used in this section, "initial job search" means an activity in which nonexempt recipients engage each weekday upon entering the Washington WorkFirst program. The component shall provide classroom instruction and a minimum of fifteen hours per week of structured, individual job search activities.

(a) Individual job search shall include individual and group activities.

(b) Job search instruction shall be structured in such a way as to replicate the demands of a work environment. It shall include, at a minimum, information on how to apply for work, the current labor market, and available work force development resources.

(4) Ongoing job search shall include regular, structured work search and weekly reporting of work search plans and results.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 204. A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

SANCTIONS FOR NONCOOPERATION. Cooperation with the requirements of Washington's WorkFirst program is required, unless exempt under this title. Failure to cooperate, absent good cause, shall result in sanctions, including but not limited to, reductions of the family's cash assistance grant. The department shall adopt by rule, standards for the imposition of such sanctions.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 205. A new section is added to chapter 74.25 RCW to read as follows:

WORKFIRST‑-SERVICE AREAS‑-PROGRAMS. (1) The legislature finds that moving those eligible for assistance to self-sustaining employment is a goal of the WorkFirst program. It is the intent of WorkFirst to aid a participant's progress to self-sufficiency by allowing flexibility within the state-wide program to reflect community resources, the local characteristics of the labor market, and the composition of the caseload. Program success will be enhanced through effective coordination at regional and local levels, involving employers, labor representatives, educators, community leaders, local governments, and social service providers.

(2) The secretary shall establish WorkFirst service areas for purposes of planning WorkFirst programs and for distributing WorkFirst resources. Service areas shall reflect identifiable labor markets.

(3) By July 31st of each odd-numbered year, a plan for the WorkFirst program shall be developed for each service area. The plan shall be prepared in consultation with local and regional sources, adapting the state-wide WorkFirst program to achieve maximum effect for the participants and the communities within which they reside. Local consultation shall include to the greatest extent possible input from local and regional planning bodies for social services and work force development. The regional and local administrator shall consult with employers of various sizes, labor representatives, training and education providers, program participants, economic development organizations, community organizations, tribes, and local governments in the preparation of the service area plan.

(4) The secretary shall have final authority in plan approval or modification. Local program implementation may deviate from the state-wide program if specified in a service area plan, as approved by the secretary. The local service area plans may adjust the temporary assistance for needy families cash grant for participants in that area, under RCW 74.04.770, and an adjustment to the grant may not exceed five percent of the state-wide grant established by the secretary. Local administrators may adapt service delivery to reflect local labor market and caseload characteristics, consistent with the service area plan, as approved by the secretary.

Sec. 206. RCW 74.04.770 and 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 s 38 are each amended to read as follows:

The department shall establish consolidated standards of need each fiscal year which may vary by geographical areas, program, and family size, for ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families, refugee assistance, supplemental security income, and general assistance. Standards for ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families, refugee assistance, and general assistance shall be based on studies of actual living costs and generally recognized inflation indices and shall include reasonable allowances for shelter, fuel, food, transportation, clothing, household maintenance and operations, personal maintenance, and necessary incidentals. The standard of need may take into account the economies of joint living arrangements, but unless explicitly required by federal statute, there shall not be proration of any portion of assistance grants unless the amount of the grant standard is equal to the standard of need.

The department is authorized to establish rateable reductions and grant maximums consistent with federal law. Further, the department may adjust payment standards, within each WorkFirst service area, by up to five percent, either up or down, to reflect labor market conditions, resources needed to support work and mobilize and leverage local resources, or cost-of-living differences within local geographic areas.

Payment level will be equal to need or a lesser amount if rateable reductions or grant maximums are imposed. In no case shall a recipient of supplemental security income receive a state supplement less than the minimum required by federal law.

The department may establish a separate standard for shelter provided at no cost.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 207. A new section is added to chapter 74.25 RCW to read as follows:

WORKER PROTECTIONS. (1) Recipients of public assistance who participate in WorkFirst activities shall be entitled to certain protections as provided in this section. In addition, the department shall ensure, according to the criteria in this section, that existing workers are not displaced from employment as a result of the participation of public assistance recipients in department-mandated or authorized WorkFirst activities.

(2) Work positions, paid or unpaid, held by public assistance recipients as a department-authorized WorkFirst activity shall not be created as the result of, nor result in, any of the following:

(a) The filling of a position created by termination, layoff, or work force reduction;

(b) The filling of positions that would otherwise be promotional opportunities for current employees;

(c) The filling of a position before compliance with applicable personnel procedures or provisions of collective bargaining agreements;

(d) The filling of a work assignment customarily performed by a worker in a job classification within a recognized collective bargaining unit in that specific work site, or the filling of a work assignment in any bargaining unit in which regular employees are on layoff;

(e) A strike, lockout, or other bona fide labor dispute, or violation of any existing collective bargaining agreement between employees and employers; or

(f) Decertification of any collective bargaining unit.

(3) Participants in WorkFirst activities who receive a wage shall be deemed employees, and as such shall be paid and receive benefits in accordance with local, state, and federal law governing occupational health and safety, minimum wage standards, worker compensation insurance, and unemployment insurance.

(4) A participant who does not receive a wage should not be required to participate in WorkFirst activities, other than job search, for a number of hours greater than participant's monthly temporary assistance for needy families benefit divided by the greater of the state or federal minimum wage.

(5) Participants in WorkFirst activities who do not receive a wage shall be deemed employees for purposes of medical aid benefits under chapter 51.36 RCW and in accordance with local, state, and federal law shall be covered by appropriate occupational health and safety regulations. The agency or organization that provides the position shall be the employer and, as such any and all premiums or assessments due in relation to such benefits are the obligation of and shall be paid by the agency.

(6) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to public assistance recipients who secure unsubsidized paid employment outside of WorkFirst.

(7) WorkFirst employment positions shall not in any way be related to political, electoral, partisan, or religious activities.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 208. A new section is added to chapter 74.25 RCW to read as follows:

COMMUNITY JOBS AND SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. (1) The department shall establish the community jobs program and the subsidized employment program within WorkFirst to provide recipients of temporary assistance for needy families valuable work experience, increase their labor market participation, and meet business and community needs.

(2) The community jobs program shall provide work opportunities through nonprofit corporations. This shall be a mandatory program as determined by the department.

(a) The department shall contract with local nonprofit corporations for the operation of these programs. The contractor shall be responsible for identifying work sites, referring recipients to work sites, and providing support for recipients as necessary. The contractor shall be considered the employer of the participant.

(b) The contractor shall receive the temporary assistance for needy families recipient's monthly benefit allotment and an additional payment, which together will cover the participant's wages, job development, employee counseling, and administrative costs, including the cost of employer-paid payroll taxes. Industrial insurance and other applicable federal payroll taxes shall be deducted from wages received by the employee.

(d) In identifying recipients to place in the program, the department shall target recipients who have limited prior work experience; have low educational attainment; have children older than two years of age; or have received public assistance for at least six months.

(e) A temporary assistance for needy families recipient may participate in the community jobs program for twelve months. At the discretion of the department, the referral to community jobs may be renewed. This section does not exempt the participant from mandatory, ongoing job search requirements.

(3) The department may use cash grants as a wage subsidy in order to provide full-time employment opportunities in the private sector for temporary assistance for needy families recipients. In no case will the wage subsidy exceed the value of the cash grant for which the participant would be eligible through temporary assistance for needy families. This shall be a voluntary program and no person will be sanctioned by the department for failure to participate.

(a) The department shall adopt rules establishing the criteria for employer participation and the participation of recipients of temporary assistance for needy families in the wage subsidy program. Once the recipient is hired, the wage subsidy shall be authorized for up to nine months.

(b) In developing job opportunities through the subsidized employment program, the department shall give priority to jobs with a career ladder or reasonable opportunity for wage increases, either with the subsidized employer or with another employer in the same industrial sector. At the end of the subsidized employment, it is expected that the employee be maintained in full-time, unsubsidized employment by the employer.

(4) Participants in the community jobs program and the wage subsidy program shall remain eligible for medical benefits.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 209. A new section is added to chapter 74.04 RCW to read as follows:

OUTCOME MEASURES. The WorkFirst program shall be evaluated through a limited number of outcome measures designed to hold each region accountable for program success. The outcomes measured used for evaluation shall include:

(1) Exits through employment;

(2) Employment retention rates; measured every six months for up to two years after leaving temporary assistance for needy families;

(3) Reduction in average grant through increased recipient earnings; and

(4) Number of recipients working part time and full time.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 210. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 74.25.010 and 1994 c 299 s 6 & 1991 c 126 s 5;

(2) RCW 74.25.020 and 1993 c 312 s 7, 1992 c 165 s 3, & 1991 c 126 s 6;

(3) RCW 74.25.030 and 1991 c 126 s 7;

(4) RCW 74.25.040 and 1994 c 299 s 8;

(5) RCW 74.25A.005 and 1994 c 299 s 19 & 1986 c 172 s 1;

(6) RCW 74.25A.010 and 1994 c 299 s 20 & 1986 c 172 s 2;

(7) RCW 74.25A.020 and 1994 c 299 s 21 & 1986 c 172 s 3;

(8) RCW 74.25A.030 and 1994 c 299 s 22 & 1986 c 172 s 4;

(9) RCW 74.25A.040 and 1986 c 172 s 5;

(10) RCW 74.25A.045 and 1994 c 299 s 23;

(11) RCW 74.25A.050 and 1994 c 299 s 24 & 1986 c 172 s 6;

(12) RCW 74.25A.060 and 1986 c 172 s 7;

(13) RCW 74.25A.070 and 1986 c 172 s 8; and

(14) RCW 74.25A.080 and 1994 c 299 s 25 & 1986 c 172 s 9.

III. CHILD CARE

NEW SECTION. Sec. 301. A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW to read as follows:

CHILD CARE. (1) The department shall administer a child care subsidy program designed to serve families on Washington's WorkFirst program and those families who are at or below one hundred seventy-five percent of the federal poverty level.

(2) All families participating in the child care subsidy program shall have access to the child care of their choice. However, the child care providers must comply with applicable licensing rules set by the department if they are required by law to comply with these rules.

(3) The department shall establish the eligibility and copayment structure of the child care subsidy program.

(4) The department shall administer the program within available funds.

IV. IMMIGRANTS

NEW SECTION. Sec. 401. A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

IMMIGRANTS‑-ELIGIBILITY‑-GENERALLY. (1) The state shall exercise its option under P.L. 104-193, as amended, to provide benefits and services to legal immigrants under temporary assistance for needy families, medicaid, and social services block grant programs.

(2) The department may provide state-funded cash, food, and medical assistance to legal immigrants who are not eligible for federal benefits due to their immigrant status and the provisions of P.L. 104-193.

(3) Legal immigrants who are not eligible for the supplemental security income program as a result of P.L. 104-193 are eligible to apply for benefits under the state's general assistance programs. The department shall redetermine income and resource eligibility at least annually, in accordance with existing state policy.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 402. A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

IMMIGRANTS--STATE CASH AND MEDICAL PROGRAMS. (1) The department may provide state-funded cash and medical assistance to legal immigrants including those permanently residing in the United States under color of law who are not eligible under federal law for the temporary assistance for needy families program solely due to their date of entry or their immigration status.

(2) Such assistance shall be provided under the same rules and in the same amount as under the temporary assistance for needy families program. Any month in which a family receives such assistance should be considered a month in which the family received temporary assistance for needy families for the purpose of the sixty-month time limit.

(3) The department may use state general assistance and state medical care services funds as may be appropriated to provide such benefits.

(4) The department may provide state-funded medical care services, including long-term care, to legal immigrants including those permanently residing in the United States under color of law who are not eligible under federal law for the federal medicaid program solely due to their date of entry or their immigration status.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 403. A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

IMMIGRANTS--FOOD ASSISTANCE. (1) The department may establish a state-funded food assistance program for legal immigrants who do not qualify for federal food stamps solely due to the immigrant exclusions under P.L. 104-193. The rules and benefit amounts for the state food assistance program shall be the same as in the federal food stamp program.

(2) The department shall enter into a contract with the United States department of agriculture to use the existing federal food stamp program coupon system for the purposes of administering the state food assistance program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 404. A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

SPONSOR-DEEMING FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in determining the eligibility and amount of benefits for state-funded general assistance or state-funded food stamps, the department may provide that the income and resources of an alien shall be deemed to include the income and resources of any individual, and his or her spouse, who executes an affidavit of support under section 213A of the federal immigration and nationality act on behalf of the alien for a period of five years following the execution of that affidavit of support.

(2) The sponsor-deeming provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to the following:

(a) An alien who has worked forty qualifying quarters of coverage as defined under Title II of the social security act or can be credited with such qualifying quarters as provided under P.L. 104-193 Sec. 435;

(b) An alien who is lawfully residing in any state and is a veteran of, or on active duty in, the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse or unmarried dependent child of such individual;

(c) An alien who served in the armed forces of an allied country, or was employed by an agency of the federal government, during a military conflict between the United States and a military adversary;

(d) Aliens who are victims of domestic violence and who petition for legal status under the federal violence against women act;

(e) For a period not to exceed twelve months, an alien for whom a determination has been made by the department that, in the absence of the assistance provided by the department, the alien would be unable to obtain food and shelter, taking into account the alien's own income plus any cash, food, housing, or other assistance provided by other individuals including the sponsor; and

(f) An alien who achieves United States citizenship through naturalization pursuant to chapter 2 of Title III of the immigration and nationality act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 405. A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

NATURALIZATION FACILITATION. The department shall make an affirmative effort to identify and contact legal immigrants receiving public assistance to facilitate their applications for naturalization.

V. STUDIES

NEW SECTION. Sec. 501. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES STUDIES. (1) The office of financial management shall contract with a qualified and objective research organization to evaluate the critical elements of the program in chapter . . ., Laws of 1997 (this act). Within available funds appropriated for this purpose, the research shall address the impact of the program in promoting self-sufficiency, in reducing poverty, and in improving the well-being of the families in this state. In addition, the evaluation shall specifically examine:

(a) The effectiveness of the program design and of the implementation of the program by state agencies in generating community and employer participation to address the employment and family needs of program participants;

(b) The impact of such components as wage subsidies and community employment and the roles of private sector and nonprofit employers in promoting unsubsidized employment;

(c) Participation by employed recipients and former recipients in the community college or other education and training programs and the impact of such participation;

(d) The impact of employment produced by the program on the labor market and on the availability of child care;

(e) The effectiveness of employment produced by the program in reducing poverty;

(f) The impact of other elements, such as diversion, the state-funded temporary assistance for needy families program, and sanctions in achieving the purposes of this program; and

(g) The effect of child support collections on the economic status of recipients of temporary assistance for needy families and successful collection strategies involving these families.

The evaluation in this section shall commence on the effective date of this section and shall be completed by June 30, 2001. The office of financial management shall ensure that reports are provided to the legislature annually before the start of the legislative session and that definitive responses to the research questions are available before the start of the 2002 legislative session.

(2) Exemption Characteristics. The office of financial management shall contract with a qualified and objective research organization to study carefully the characteristics of adult recipients of temporary assistance for needy families to determine the profile of recipients for whom a hardship exemption to time limits should apply or where it may be in the best interests of the state to broaden eligibility for state-funded temporary assistance for needy families. Specifically, the research shall address the extent and nature of the barriers to independence based upon the personal characteristics of adults in the temporary assistance for needy families program.

The office of financial management shall submit a final report on the findings of this research by December 15, 1998. This final report shall include an evaluation of the characteristics of adult recipients, including a careful estimate of the prevalence of serious disability and other barriers that may prevent self-supporting employment. The research shall provide recommendations regarding how best to establish criteria for exemptions to the five-year limit, how to establish whether an adult recipient has satisfied those criteria, and whether and in what ways the criteria for the state-funded program should be narrowed or widened.

VI. DATA SHARING

NEW SECTION. Sec. 601. It is the intent of the legislature to allow the department of social and health services access to employment security department confidential employer wage files, for statistical analysis, research, or evaluation of work force participation of department of social and health services' clients. This information is needed to monitor and evaluate department client outcomes in employment, to fulfill agency performance reporting requirements of chapter 43.88 RCW, for department management in evaluating and planning for changing social needs, and in the effective development and implementation of programs to achieve goals of the department of social and health services. Chapter 50.38 RCW and federal law mandate the use of labor market information, including employment security department payroll and wage files, in the planning, coordination, management, implementation, and evaluation of state programs like those of the department of social and health services. RCW 50.13.060 requires privacy protection of personal records obtained from employment security department confidential employer wage files. Through individual matches with accessed employment security department confidential employer wage files, the department of social and health services shall report only aggregate, statistical, group level data.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 602. A new section is added to chapter 43.20A RCW to read as follows:

The employment security department shall provide to the department of social and health services confidential employer wage files for statistical analysis, research, and evaluation purposes as provided in sections 604 and 605 of this act. The department of social and health services shall limit access of its agency personnel to those professional research and technical information systems personnel needed to produce and analyze wage file data.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 603. A new section is added to chapter 50.13 RCW to read as follows:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 604. A new section is added to chapter 43.20A RCW to read as follows:

(1) The information provided by the employment security department under sections 602 and 603 of this act for statistical analysis, research, and evaluation purposes shall be used to measure the work force participation of department clients.

(2) The department shall protect the privacy of confidential personal data supplied under sections 602 and 603 of this act consistent with chapter 50.13 RCW and the terms and conditions of a formal data-sharing agreement between the two departments. The misuse or unauthorized use of confidential data supplied by the employment security department is subject to the penalties in RCW 50.13.080.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 605. A new section is added to chapter 50.13 RCW to read as follows:

VII. MISCELLANEOUS

NEW SECTION. Sec. 701. A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW to read as follows:

EARNINGS DISREGARDS AND EARNED INCOME CUTOFFS. (1) In addition to their monthly benefit payment, a family may earn and keep one-half of its earnings during every month it is eligible to receive assistance under this section.

(2) In no event may a family be eligible for temporary assistance for needy families if its monthly gross earned income exceeds the maximum earned income level as set by the department. In calculating a household's gross earnings, the department shall disregard the earnings of a minor child who is:

(a) A full-time student; or

(b) A part-time student carrying at least half the normal school load and working fewer than thirty-five hours per week.

Sec. 702. RCW 74.04.005 and 1992 c 165 s 1 and 1992 c 136 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

For the purposes of this title, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Public assistance" or "assistance"CPublic aid to persons in need thereof for any cause, including services, medical care, assistance grants, disbursing orders, work relief, general assistance and federal-aid assistance.

(2) "Department"CThe department of social and health services.

(3) "County or local office"CThe administrative office for one or more counties or designated service areas.

(4) "Director" or "secretary" means the secretary of social and health services.

(5) "Federal-aid assistance"CThe specific categories of assistance for which provision is made in any federal law existing or hereafter passed by which payments are made from the federal government to the state in aid or in respect to payment by the state for public assistance rendered to any category of needy persons for which provision for federal funds or aid may from time to time be made, or a federally administered needs-based program.

(6)(a) "General assistance"CAid to persons in need who:

(i) Are not eligible to receive federal-aid assistance, other than food stamps and medical assistance; however, an individual who refuses or fails to cooperate in obtaining federal-aid assistance, without good cause, is not eligible for general assistance;

(ii) Meet one of the following conditions:

(A) Pregnant: PROVIDED, That need is based on the current income and resource requirements of the federal ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families program((: PROVIDED FURTHER, That during any period in which an aid for dependent children employable program is not in operation, only those pregnant women who are categorically eligible for medicaid are eligible for general assistance)); or

(B) Subject to chapter 165, Laws of 1992, incapacitated from gainful employment by reason of bodily or mental infirmity that will likely continue for a minimum of ninety days as determined by the department.

(C) Persons who are unemployable due to alcohol or drug addiction are not eligible for general assistance. Persons receiving general assistance on July 26, 1987, or becoming eligible for such assistance thereafter, due to an alcohol or drug-related incapacity, shall be referred to appropriate assessment, treatment, shelter, or supplemental security income referral services as authorized under chapter 74.50 RCW. Referrals shall be made at the time of application or at the time of eligibility review. Alcoholic and drug addicted clients who are receiving general assistance on July 26, 1987, may remain on general assistance if they otherwise retain their eligibility until they are assessed for services under chapter 74.50 RCW. Subsection (6)(a)(ii)(B) of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the department from granting general assistance benefits to alcoholics and drug addicts who are incapacitated due to other physical or mental conditions that meet the eligibility criteria for the general assistance program;

(iii) Are citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise residing in the United States under color of law; and

(iv) Have furnished the department their social security account number. If the social security account number cannot be furnished because it has not been issued or is not known, an application for a number shall be made prior to authorization of assistance, and the social security number shall be provided to the department upon receipt.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (6)(a)(i), (ii), and (c) of this section, general assistance shall be provided to the following recipients of federal-aid assistance:

(i) Recipients of supplemental security income whose need, as defined in this section, is not met by such supplemental security income grant because of separation from a spouse; or

(ii) To the extent authorized by the legislature in the biennial appropriations act, to recipients of ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families whose needs are not being met because of a temporary reduction in monthly income below the entitled benefit payment level caused by loss or reduction of wages or unemployment compensation benefits or some other unforeseen circumstances. The amount of general assistance authorized shall not exceed the difference between the entitled benefit payment level and the amount of income actually received.

(c) General assistance shall be provided only to persons who are not members of assistance units receiving federal aid assistance, except as provided in subsection (6)(a)(ii)(A) and (b) of this section, and will accept available services which can reasonably be expected to enable the person to work or reduce the need for assistance unless there is good cause to refuse. Failure to accept such services shall result in termination until the person agrees to cooperate in accepting such services and subject to the following maximum periods of ineligibility after reapplication:

(i) First failure: One week;

(ii) Second failure within six months: One month;

(iii) Third and subsequent failure within one year: Two months.

(d) Persons found eligible for general assistance based on incapacity from gainful employment may, if otherwise eligible, receive general assistance pending application for federal supplemental security income benefits. Any general assistance that is subsequently duplicated by the person's receipt of supplemental security income for the same period shall be considered a debt due the state and shall by operation of law be subject to recovery through all available legal remedies.

(e) The department shall adopt by rule medical criteria for general assistance eligibility to ensure that eligibility decisions are consistent with statutory requirements and are based on clear, objective medical information.

(f) The process implementing the medical criteria shall involve consideration of opinions of the treating or consulting physicians or health care professionals regarding incapacity, and any eligibility decision which rejects uncontroverted medical opinion must set forth clear and convincing reasons for doing so.

(g) Recipients of general assistance based upon a finding of incapacity from gainful employment who remain otherwise eligible shall not have their benefits terminated absent a clear showing of material improvement in their medical or mental condition or specific error in the prior determination that found the recipient eligible by reason of incapacitation. Recipients of general assistance based upon pregnancy who relinquish their child for adoption, remain otherwise eligible, and are not eligible to receive benefits under the federal ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families program shall not have their benefits terminated until the end of the month in which the period of six weeks following the birth of the recipient's child falls. Recipients of the federal ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families program who lose their eligibility solely because of the birth and relinquishment of the qualifying child may receive general assistance through the end of the month in which the period of six weeks following the birth of the child falls.

(7) "Applicant"CAny person who has made a request, or on behalf of whom a request has been made, to any county or local office for assistance.

(8) "Recipient"CAny person receiving assistance and in addition those dependents whose needs are included in the recipient's assistance.

(9) "Standards of assistance"CThe level of income required by an applicant or recipient to maintain a level of living specified by the department.

(10) "Resource"CAny asset, tangible or intangible, owned by or available to the applicant at the time of application, which can be applied toward meeting the applicant's need, either directly or by conversion into money or its equivalent: PROVIDED, That an applicant may retain the following described resources and not be ineligible for public assistance because of such resources.

(a) A home, which is defined as real property owned and used by an applicant or recipient as a place of residence, together with a reasonable amount of property surrounding and contiguous thereto, which is used by and useful to the applicant. Whenever a recipient shall cease to use such property for residential purposes, either for himself or his dependents, the property shall be considered as a resource which can be made available to meet need, and if the recipient or his dependents absent themselves from the home for a period of ninety consecutive days such absence, unless due to hospitalization or health reasons or a natural disaster, shall raise a rebuttable presumption of abandonment: PROVIDED, That if in the opinion of three physicians the recipient will be unable to return to the home during his lifetime, and the home is not occupied by a spouse or dependent children or disabled sons or daughters, such property shall be considered as a resource which can be made available to meet need.

(b) Household furnishings and personal effects and other personal property having great sentimental value to the applicant or recipient, as limited by the department consistent with limitations on resources and exemptions for federal aid assistance.

(c) A motor vehicle, other than a motor home, used and useful having an equity value not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars. Recipients of temporary assistance for needy families may retain a motor vehicle, other than a motor home, used and useful having an equity value not to exceed five thousand dollars.

(d) All other resources, including any excess of values exempted, not to exceed one thousand dollars or other limit as set by the department, to be consistent with limitations on resources and exemptions necessary for federal aid assistance. The department shall also allow recipients of temporary assistance for needy families to exempt savings accounts with combined balances of up to an additional three thousand dollars.

(e) Applicants for or recipients of general assistance shall have their eligibility based on resource limitations consistent with the ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families program rules adopted by the department.

(f) If an applicant for or recipient of public assistance possesses property and belongings in excess of the ceiling value, such value shall be used in determining the need of the applicant or recipient, except that: (i) The department may exempt resources or income when the income and resources are determined necessary to the applicant's or recipient's restoration to independence, to decrease the need for public assistance, or to aid in rehabilitating the applicant or recipient or a dependent of the applicant or recipient; and (ii) the department may provide grant assistance for a period not to exceed nine months from the date the agreement is signed pursuant to this section to persons who are otherwise ineligible because of excess real property owned by such persons when they are making a good faith effort to dispose of that property: PROVIDED, That:

(A) The applicant or recipient signs an agreement to repay the lesser of the amount of aid received or the net proceeds of such sale;

(B) If the owner of the excess property ceases to make good faith efforts to sell the property, the entire amount of assistance may become an overpayment and a debt due the state and may be recovered pursuant to RCW 43.20B.630;

(C) Applicants and recipients are advised of their right to a fair hearing and afforded the opportunity to challenge a decision that good faith efforts to sell have ceased, prior to assessment of an overpayment under this section; and

(D) At the time assistance is authorized, the department files a lien without a sum certain on the specific property.

(11) "Income"C(a) All appreciable gains in real or personal property (cash or kind) or other assets, which are received by or become available for use and enjoyment by an applicant or recipient during the month of application or after applying for or receiving public assistance. The department may by rule and regulation exempt income received by an applicant for or recipient of public assistance which can be used by him to decrease his need for public assistance or to aid in rehabilitating him or his dependents, but such exemption shall not, unless otherwise provided in this title, exceed the exemptions of resources granted under this chapter to an applicant for public assistance. In determining the amount of assistance to which an applicant or recipient of ((~~aid to families with dependent children~~)) temporary assistance for needy families is entitled, the department is hereby authorized to disregard as a resource or income the earned income exemptions consistent with federal requirements. The department may permit the above exemption of earnings of a child to be retained by such child to cover the cost of special future identifiable needs even though the total exceeds the exemptions or resources granted to applicants and recipients of public assistance, but consistent with federal requirements. In formulating rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter, the department shall define income and resources and the availability thereof, consistent with federal requirements. All resources and income not specifically exempted, and any income or other economic benefit derived from the use of, or appreciation in value of, exempt resources, shall be considered in determining the need of an applicant or recipient of public assistance.

(b) If, under applicable federal requirements, the state has the option of considering property in the form of lump sum compensatory awards or related settlements received by an applicant or recipient as income or as a resource, the department shall consider such property to be a resource.

(12) "Need"CThe difference between the applicant's or recipient's standards of assistance for himself and the dependent members of his family, as measured by the standards of the department, and value of all nonexempt resources and nonexempt income received by or available to the applicant or recipient and the dependent members of his family.

(13) For purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance and participation levels in the cost of medical care, the department shall exempt restitution payments made to people of Japanese and Aleut ancestry pursuant to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act passed by congress, P.L. 100‑383, including all income and resources derived therefrom.

(14) In the construction of words and phrases used in this title, the singular number shall include the plural, the masculine gender shall include both the feminine and neuter genders and the present tense shall include the past and future tenses, unless the context thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 703. A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW to read as follows:

PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT. In order to be eligible for temporary assistance for needy families, applicants shall, at the time of application for assistance, provide the names of both parents of their child or children, whether born or unborn, unless the applicant meets good cause criteria for refusing such identification.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 704. A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW to read as follows:

TRIBAL TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. (1) The department may (a) coordinate with and cooperate with eligible Indian tribes that elect to operate a tribal temporary assistance for needy families program as provided for in P.L. 104-193; and (b) upon approval by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services of a tribal temporary assistance for needy families program, transfer a fair and equitable amount of the state maintenance of effort funds to the eligible Indian tribe.

(2) An eligible Indian tribe exercising its authority under P.L. 104-193 to operate a tribal temporary assistance for needy families program as a condition of receiving state maintenance of effort funds shall operate the program on a state fiscal year basis. If a tribe decides to cancel a tribal temporary assistance for needy families program, it shall notify the department no later than ninety days before the start of the state fiscal year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 705. A new section is added to chapter 50.40 RCW to read as follows:

(1) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing the claim, disclose whether or not the individual owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamps as defined under subsection (7) of this section. If the individual discloses that he or she owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamps and is determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation, the commissioner shall notify the state food stamp agency enforcing those obligations that the individual has been determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.

(2) The commissioner shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual who owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamps as defined under subsection (7) of this section:

(a) The amount specified by the individual to the commissioner to be deducted and withheld under this subsection, if neither (b) nor (c) of this subsection is applicable;

(b) The amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the state food stamp agency under section 13(c)(3)(A) of the food stamp act of 1977; or

(c) Any amount otherwise required to be so deducted and withheld from such unemployment compensation pursuant section 13(c)(3)(B) of the food stamp act of 1977.

(3) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (2) of this section shall be paid by the commissioner to the appropriate state food stamp agency.

(4) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (2) of this section shall be treated for all purposes as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by that individual to the state food stamp agency in satisfaction of the individual's uncollected overissuance.

(5) For the purposes of this section, "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under this chapter including amounts payable by the commissioner under an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.

(6) This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the state food stamp agency for the administrative costs incurred by the commissioner under this section which are attributable to the repayment of uncollected overissuance to the state food stamp agency.

(7) "Uncollected overissuances of food stamps" as used in this section means only those obligations which are being enforced pursuant to section 13(c)(1) of the food stamp act of 1977.

(8) This section applies only if arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the state food stamp agency for the administrative costs incurred by the commissioner under this section which are attributable to the state food stamp agency."

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

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On page 210, beginning on line 11 of the amendment, strike all of section 1005

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.

On page 210, beginning on line 32 of the amendment, after "(1)" strike all material through "(2)" on line 34.

Renumber the remaining subsection consecutively.

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On page 211, beginning on line 2 of the amendment, after "(1)" strike all material through "immediately." on line 7 and insert "Sections 1, 101 through 109, 201 through 210, 301, 405, 501, 601 through 605, and 701 through 705 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect July 1, 1997."

On page 211, beginning on line 12 of the amendment, after "(3)" strike all material through "(4)" on line 14

On page 211, beginning on line 19 of the title amendment, after "RCW" strike all material through "74.12.410," on line 21 and insert "74.08.340, 74.08.025, 74.12.035, 74.09.510, 74.04.770,"

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By Senator

On page 212, beginning on line 2 of the title amendment, after "26.26.100;" strike all material through "28C.18 RCW;" on line 7 and insert "adding new sections to chapter 74.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.12A RCW; adding new sections to chapter 74.08 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 74.25 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.04 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.20A RCW; adding new sections to chapter 50.13 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 50.40 RCW;"

On page 212, line 32 of the title amendment, after "26.18 RCW;" strike all material through "74 RCW;"

On page 212, beginning on line 33 of the title amendment, after "RCW" strike all material through "74.04.770," on line 34 and insert "74.12.420, 74.12.425, 74.25.010, 74.25.020, 74.25.030, 74.25.040, 74.25A.005, 74.25A.010, 74.25A.020, 74.25A.030, 74.25A.040, 74.25A.045, 74.25A.050, 74.25A.060, 74.25A.070, 74.25A.080,"