CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1936

56th Legislature

1999 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 9, 1999

Yeas 91 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 21, 1999

Yeas 43 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1936 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1936

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Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Tokuda, Boldt, D. Sommers and Santos

Read first time 02/11/1999. Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.

AN ACT Relating to employability screens for recipients of temporary assistance for needy families; 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:

Each recipient approved to receive temporary assistance for needy families shall be subject to an employability screening after determination of program eligibility and before referral to job search. If the employability screening determines the recipient is not employable, or meets the criteria specified in RCW 74.08A.270 for a good cause exemption to work requirements, the department shall defer the job search requirement under RCW 74.08A.285 and refer the recipient immediately to the assessment procedure required under RCW 74.08A.260.