BILL REQ. #:  Z-0684.6 

Read first time 11/30/11.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

     AN ACT Relating to the establishment of new regional support network boundaries; and amending RCW 71.24.360.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 71.24.360 and 2005 c 504 s 805 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department may establish new regional support network boundaries ((in any part of the state where more than one network chooses not to respond to, or is unable to substantially meet the requirements of, the request for qualifications under section 4, chapter 503, Laws of 2005 or where a regional support network is subject to reprocurement under section 6, chapter 503, Laws of 2005. The department may establish no fewer than eight and no more than fourteen regional support networks under this chapter. No entity shall be responsible for more than three regional support networks)) when a regional support network is unable to meet its legal or contractual obligations, change is necessary to meet new legal requirements, or it determines a change would produce greater efficiency or effectiveness. By January 1, 2013, the department must establish no more than six regional support networks under this chapter.