BILL REQ. #:  S-1630.1 

Read first time 02/09/2007.   Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

     AN ACT Relating to excluding federal income tax payments from the resource eligibility requirements of the community options program entry system; and adding a new section to chapter 74.39 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 74.39 RCW to read as follows:
     In determining the maximum amount of resources a person can have to meet the resource eligibility requirements for community options program entry system benefits or services, the department may not include amounts paid by the person, or the person's spouse, for federal income taxes.