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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2818

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By House Committee on Children & Family Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Cooke and Boldt)

Read first time 02/06/98.  Referred to Committee on .

Changing provisions relating to WorkFirst assistance units.

    AN ACT Relating to household members excluded from WorkFirst assistance units; and adding a new section to chapter 74.08A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 74.08A RCW to read as follows:

    In determining eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy families program of an assistance unit under this title, if a household member is excluded from an assistance unit based on alienage of the household member, the department shall allocate half of the excluded household member's earnings to the assistance unit without deducting an amount for the support of the household member.  Other allowable deductions may be deducted from the excluded household member's earnings.

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