CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1916
Chapter 284, Laws of 2024
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
EARLY SUPPORT FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS PROGRAM—FUNDING CRITERIA
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 12, 2024
  Yeas 95  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate February 29, 2024
  Yeas 46  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 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1916 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved March 26, 2024 1:17 PM
FILED
March 27, 2024
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1916

Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
ByHouse Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Senn, Couture, Leavitt, Taylor, Paul, Callan, Ramos, Cortes, Reed, Fey, Timmons, Street, Doglio, Simmons, Wylie, Reeves, Alvarado, Nance, Riccelli, Fosse, Pollet, and Shavers; by request of Department of Children, Youth, and Families)
READ FIRST TIME 02/05/24.
AN ACT Relating to funding for the early support for infants and toddlers program; amending RCW 43.216.580; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.216.580 and 2020 c 90 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department is the state lead agency for Part C of the federal individuals with disabilities education act. The department shall administer the early support for infants and toddlers program, to provide early intervention services to all eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age. Eligibility shall be determined according to Part C of the federal individuals with disabilities education act or other applicable federal and state laws, and as specified in the Washington Administrative Code adopted by the department. Services provided under this section shall not supplant services or funding currently provided in the state for early intervention services to eligible children with disabilities from birth to three years of age.
(2)(a) Funding for the early support for infants and toddlers program shall be appropriated to the department based on the annual average head count of children ages birth to three who are eligible for and receiving early intervention services, multiplied by the total statewide allocation generated by the distribution formula under RCW  28A.150.260 (4)(a), (5), (6), and (8) and the allocation under RCW  28A.150.415, per the statewide full-time equivalent enrollment in common schools, multiplied by 1.15.
(b) The department shall distribute funds to early intervention services providers, and, when appropriate, to county lead agencies.
(c) For the purposes of this subsection (2), a child is receiving early intervention services if the child has received services within ((a month prior to))the same month as the monthly count day, which is the last business day of the month.
(3) Federal funds associated with Part C of the federal individuals with disabilities education act shall be subject to payor of last resort requirements pursuant to 34 C.F.R. Sec. 303.510 (2020) for birth-to-three early intervention services provided under this section.
(4) The services in this section are not part of the state's program of basic education pursuant to Article IX of the state Constitution.
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, 2024, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
Passed by the House February 12, 2024.
Passed by the Senate February 29, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 26, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2024.
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