CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5819
67TH LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate March 7, 2022
  Yeas 49  Nays 0

President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 3, 2022
  Yeas 98  Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5819 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Secretary
Secretary
Approved
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Secretary of State
State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5819

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2022 Regular Session
State of Washington
67th Legislature
2022 Regular Session
BySenate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Braun, Brown, Conway, Dozier, Frockt, Keiser, Randall, Rivers, Saldaña, Short, Trudeau, Warnick, and L. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/22.
AN ACT Relating to the developmental disabilities administration's no-paid services caseload; adding a new section to chapter 71A.10 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 71A.10 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department shall hire two permanent, full-time employees to regularly review and maintain the no-paid services caseload. This includes, but is not limited to, updating the no-paid services caseload to accurately reflect a current headcount of eligible individuals and identifying the number of individuals contacted who are currently interested in receiving a paid service from the developmental disabilities administration and if the individual would like services now or within the next year. Beginning December 1, 2022, the department shall annually report this information to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature.
(2) A client on the no-paid services caseload shall receive case resource management services. The case resource manager's duties include: (a) Contacting and responding to the client to discuss the client's service needs, and (b) explaining to the client the service options available through the department or other community resources.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2022, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
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