CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2347

Chapter 527, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



ADOPTION SUPPORT AGREEMENTS--REVIEW



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House April 20, 2009
  Yeas 98   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 23, 2009
  Yeas 48   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2347 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 18, 2009, 3:24 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 20, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2347
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representative Kagi

  



     AN ACT Relating to the review of support payments; and amending RCW 74.13.118.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 74.13.118 and 1995 c 270 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((At least once every five years, the secretary shall review the need of any adoptive parent or parents receiving continuing support pursuant to RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13.100 through 74.13.145, or the need of any parent who is to receive more than one lump sum payment where such payments are to be spaced more than one year apart.
     At the time of such review and at other times when changed conditions, including variations in medical opinions, prognosis and costs, are deemed by the secretary to warrant such action, appropriate adjustments in payments shall be made based upon changes in the needs of the child, in the adoptive parents' income, resources, and expenses for the care of such child or other members of the family, including medical and/or hospitalization expense not otherwise covered by or subject to reimbursement from insurance or other sources of financial assistance.
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     (1) Any parent who is a party to ((such)) an agreement under RCW 74.13.100 through 74.13.145 may at any time, in writing, request, for reasons set forth in such request, a review of the amount of any payment or the level of continuing payments. ((Such)) The review shall ((be begun)) begin not later than thirty days from the receipt of such request. Any adjustment may be made retroactive to the date such request was received by the secretary. If such request is not acted on within thirty days after it has been received by the secretary, such parent may invoke his rights under the hearing provisions set forth in RCW 74.13.127.
     (2) The secretary may make adjustments in payments at the time of the review, or at other times, if the secretary finds that circumstances have changed and warrant an adjustment in payments. Changes in circumstances may include, but are not limited to, variations in medical opinions, prognosis, and costs. Appropriate adjustments in payments shall be made based upon changes in the needs of the child and/or changes in the adoptive parents' income, resources, and expenses for the care of such child or other members of the family, including medical and/or hospitalization expense not otherwise covered by or subject to reimbursement from insurance or other sources of financial assistance.


         Passed by the House April 20, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 23, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor May 18, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 20, 2009.