CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2233

                        57th Legislature

            2001 Second Special Legislative Session

Passed by the House June 4, 2001   Yeas 89   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate June 8, 2001   Yeas 43   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2233  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2233

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           Passed Legislature - 2001 2^nd Special Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives H. Sommers and Sehlin

Read first time 04/06/2001.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Authorizing contractual agreements with federal government for administration of state supplementation of supplemental security income.

    AN ACT Relating to contractual agreements with federal government for administration of state supplementation of supplemental security income; and amending RCW 74.04.630.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 74.04.630 and 1986 c 158 s 22 are each amended to read as follows:

    The department ((shall)) may enter into contractual agreements with the United States department of health, education and welfare, consistent with the provisions of Public Laws 92-603 and 93-66, and to be effective January 1, 1974, for the purpose of enabling the secretary of the department of health, education and welfare to perform administrative functions of state supplementation to the national supplemental security income program and the determination of medicaid eligibility on behalf of the state.  The department is authorized to transfer and make payments of state funds to the secretary of the department of health, education and welfare as required by Public Laws 92-603 and 93-66((:  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such)).  These agreements shall be submitted for review and comment to the social and health services committees of the senate and house of representatives.  The department of social and health services shall administer the state supplemental program as established in RCW 74.04.620.

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