Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.216 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The department must extend the homeless grace period, as adopted in department rule as of January 1, 2020, from a four-month grace period to a six-month grace period.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "homeless" means being without a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as described in the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act (42 U.S.C., chapter 119, subchapter VI, part B) as it existed on January 1, 2020.

(3) The homeless grace period must begin on the date that child care is expected to begin.

On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "eligibility;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "adding a new section to chapter 43.216 RCW; and providing an effective date."