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E3SSB 6062 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-5406.2) 443 ADOPTED 3-1-96

By Representative Cooke

    On page 8, after line 37 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 206.  A new section is added to chapter 74.12 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall establish a housing assistance program to provide either rental or mortgage assistance to:

    (a) A caretaker who is incapacitated or needed in the home to care for a member of the household who is incapacitated; or

    (b) A household receiving a child only grant.

    (2) The department shall adopt rules to establish:

    (a) The maximum amount of monthly housing assistance available to caretakers or households under this program; and

    (b) The maximum term of housing assistance to the caretaker or household."

EFFECT:  Provides for housing assistance to incapacitated caretakers and households receiving child only grants under the aid to families with dependent children program.

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