S-1546.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5394

BySenate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Robinson and Nobles; by request of Office of Financial Management)

AN ACT Relating to reducing the developmental disabilities administration's no-paid services caseload services; and amending RCW 71A.10.100.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 71A.10.100 and 2022 c 247 s 1 are each amended 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 head count 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))The department may provide limited case resource management services to a client on the no-paid services caseload. 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. Inactive clients on the no-paid services caseload may not receive case resource management services.

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