| Passed by the Senate June 20, 2013 YEAS 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House June 27, 2013 YEAS 89 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5157 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/13.
AN ACT Relating to child care; adding a new section to chapter 43.215 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The legislature finds that child care
providers positively contribute to local communities by offering
important services that support the well-being of children and their
families. The legislature further recognizes that most child care
providers make every effort to ensure that subsidy payments received
are correct and align with agency rules. When a child care provider is
found to have fraudulently accepted subsidy payments, however, it is
the legislature's intent to prohibit such a provider from receiving
future child care subsidy payments.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 43.215 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The department must refer all suspected incidents of child care
subsidy fraud to the department of social and health services office of
fraud and accountability for appropriate investigation and action.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "fraud" has the definition in
RCW 74.04.004.
(3) This section does not limit or preclude the department or the
department of social and health services from establishing and
collecting overpayments consistent with federal regulation or seek
other remedies that may be legally available, including but not limited
to criminal investigation or prosecution.