HB 1247 - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Provides that, for purposes of RCW 74.04.005(10)(a), an applicant or recipient is not eligible for long-term care services if the applicant or recipient's equity interest in the home exceeds an amount established by the department in rule, which shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars. This requirement does not apply if any of the following persons related to the applicant or recipient are legally residing in the home: (1) A spouse; or

(2) A dependent child under age twenty-one; or

(3) A dependent child with a disability; or

(4) A dependent child who is blind; and

(5) The dependent child meets the federal supplemental security income program criteria for disabled and blind.