CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1407
Chapter 207, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES—ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS—AGE
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House February 28, 2023
  Yeas 97  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 12, 2023
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1407 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved May 1, 2023 3:03 PM
FILED
May 2, 2023
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
HOUSE BILL 1407
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Taylor, Senn, Simmons, Stonier, Jacobsen, Bateman, Lekanoff, Peterson, Ramel, Macri, Pollet, Reed, and Doglio
Read first time 01/18/23.Referred to Committee on Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning.
AN ACT Relating to maintaining eligibility for developmental disability services; and amending RCW 71A.16.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 71A.16.040 and 1989 c 175 s 141 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) On receipt of an application for services submitted under RCW 71A.16.030, the secretary in a timely manner shall make a written determination as to whether the applicant is eligible for services provided under this title for persons with developmental disabilities.
(2) The secretary shall give notice of the secretary's determination on eligibility to the person who submitted the application and to the applicant, if the applicant is a person other than the person who submitted the application for services. The notice shall also include a statement advising the recipient of the right to an adjudicative proceeding under RCW 71A.10.050 and the right to judicial review of the secretary's final decision.
(3) The secretary may establish rules for redetermination of eligibility for services under this title; however, the rules may not terminate or require redetermination of eligibility for a child under the age of 18 based solely on the child's age if the child has been determined to be eligible for services on or after the child's third birthday.
Passed by the House February 28, 2023.
Passed by the Senate April 12, 2023.
Approved by the Governor May 1, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 2, 2023.
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