FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 5227

                                   C 75 L 87

BYSenators Wojahn, Kiskaddon, Sellar, Anderson and Stratton; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Consolidating statutes regarding revenue recovery for social and health services.

Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections

House Committe on Human Services

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

The Office of Financial Recovery of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) administers DSHS revenue collection programs which are scattered throughout various titles of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).  Prior to the creation of DSHS by the Legislature, each agency (public assistance, institutions, health, etc.) had revenue collection statutes integrated into program titles.  This dispersal has created duplicative procedures, unnecessary administrative efforts and confusion for the agency and for the public.

SUMMARY:

Most DSHS recovery statutes are consolidated into one new chapter, which provides a central reference point for DSHS revenue collection.  Thirty-seven existing sections for revenue collection provisions are moved into the new chapter, and statutory references are corrected in 41 sections.  Six sections are repealed.  Nursing home settlement procedures (Chapter 74.46 RCW) and child support enforcement provisions (Chapter 74.20 and 74.20A RCW) are not consolidated into the new revenue collection chapter.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Senate    47     0

      House 96   0

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987