BILL REQ. #:  S-0690.1 



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SENATE BILL 5346
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State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Rolfes, Chase, McAuliffe, Billig, Conway, Hasegawa, Nelson, Fraser, Frockt, and Shin

Read first time 01/28/13.   Referred to Committee on Health Care .



     AN ACT Relating to restoring funding to in-home care services; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and repealing RCW 82.08.0273.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 74.09 RCW to read as follows:
     Decisions as to the hours of in-home care to be provided must be based solely upon an objective assessment of medical need, as follows: The department must provide eligible individuals with the hours of in-home care designated as the "base hours" for their in-home group, as set forth in WAC 388-106-0125, as it existed on December 1, 2010, unless the individual is eligible for a modification in hours pursuant to the objective standards set forth in WAC 388-106-0130 (2) through (6), as those subsections existed on December 1, 2010. The department may consider no other factors.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   RCW 82.08.0273 (Exemptions -- Sales to nonresidents of tangible personal property, digital goods, and digital codes for use outside the state -- Proof of nonresident status-- Penalties) and 2011 c 7 s 1, 2010 c 106 s 215, 2009 c 535 s 512, 2007 c 135 s 2, 2003 c 53 s 399, 1993 c 444 s 1, 1988 c 96 s 1, 1982 1st ex.s. c 5 s 1, & 1980 c 37 s 39 are each repealed.

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