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WA Rev Code § 43.20A.605 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.605 - Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas—Provisions governing subpoenas.

RCW 43.20A.605 Authority to administer oaths and issue subpoenas—Provisions governing subpoenas.(1) The secretary or a designee shall have full authority to administer oaths and take testimony thereunder, to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before him or her together with all books, memoranda, papers, and other documents, articles or instruments, and to compel the disclosure by such witnesses of all facts known to them relative to the matters under investigation.(2) Subpoenas issued in adjudicative proceedings are governed by RCW 34.05.588(1).(3) Subpoenas issued in the conduct of investigations required or authorized by other statutory provisions or necessary in the enforcement of other statutory provisions shall be governed by RCW 34.05.588(2).(4) When a judicially approved subpoena is required by law, the secretary or designee may apply for and obtain a superior court order approving and authorizing a subpoena in advance of its issuance. The application may be made in the county where the subpoenaed person resides or is found, or in the county where the subpoenaed documents, records, or evidence are located, or in Thurston county. The application must:(a) State that an order is sought under this section;(b) Adequately specify the documents, records, evidence, or testimony; and(c) Include a declaration made under oath that an investigation is being conducted for a lawfully authorized purpose related to an investigation within the department's authority and that the subpoenaed documents, records, evidence, or testimony are reasonably related to an investigation within the department's authority.(5) When an application under subsection (4) of this section is made to the satisfaction of the court, the court must issue an order approving the subpoena. When a judicially approved subpoena is required by law, an order under this subsection constitutes authority of law for the agency to subpoena the documents, records, evidence, or testimony.(6) The secretary or designee may seek approval and a court may issue an order under this section without prior notice to any person, including the person to whom the subpoena is directed and the person who is the subject of an investigation. An application for court approval is subject to the fee and process set forth in RCW 36.18.012(3).[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 42 § 23; 2009 c 549 § 5078; 1989 c 175 § 97; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 21; 1979 c 141 § 47; 1967 ex.s. c 102 § 2. Formerly RCW 43.20.015.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 42: See notes following RCW 74.08A.260.Finding—2011 1st sp.s. c 42: See note following RCW 74.04.004.Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.Severability—1967 ex.s. c 102: See note following RCW 43.70.130.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.607 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.607 - Authority to appoint a single executive officer for multiple institutions—Exception.

RCW 43.20A.607 Authority to appoint a single executive officer for multiple institutions—Exception.The secretary may appoint one individual to serve as chief executive officer, administrator, or superintendent for more than one facility or institution of the department where one or both facilities or institutions are required by law to have a chief executive officer, administrator, or superintendent. This section, however, shall not apply to RCW 72.40.020.[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 25.]NOTES:Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.Chief executive officers—Appointment: RCW 72.01.060.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.610 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.610 - Employment of deputies, experts, physicians, etc.

RCW 43.20A.610 Employment of deputies, experts, physicians, etc.The secretary may appoint and employ such deputies, scientific experts, physicians, nurses, sanitary engineers, and other personnel including consultants, and such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary to carry on the work of the department of social and health services.[ 1979 c 141 § 48; 1967 ex.s. c 102 § 8; 1965 c 8 § 43.20.040. Prior: 1961 ex.s. c 5 § 1; 1921 c 7 § 57; RRS § 10815. Formerly RCW 43.20.040.]NOTES:Severability—1967 ex.s. c 102: See note following RCW 43.70.130.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.635 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.635 - Services for children with disabilities.

RCW 43.20A.635 Services for children with disabilities.It shall be the duty of the secretary of social and health services and he or she shall have the power to establish and administer a program of services for children with disabilities or who are suffering from physical conditions which lead to disabilities, which shall provide for developing, extending, and improving services for locating such children, and for providing for medical, surgical, corrective, and other services and care, and facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, and aftercare; to supervise the administration of those services, included in the program, which are not administered directly by it; to extend and improve any such services, including those in existence on April 1, 1941; to cooperate with medical, health, nursing, and welfare groups and organizations, and with any agency of the state charged with the administration of laws providing for vocational rehabilitation of children with physical disabilities; to cooperate with the federal government, through its appropriate agency or instrumentality in developing, extending, and improving such services; and to receive and expend all funds made available to the department by the federal government, the state or its political subdivisions or from other sources, for such purposes.[ 2020 c 274 § 21; 2009 c 549 § 5079; 1979 c 141 § 52; 1965 c 8 § 43.20.130. Prior: 1941 c 129 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9992-107a; prior: 1937 c 114 § 7. Formerly RCW 74.12.210; 43.20.130.]NOTES:Center for research and training in intellectual and developmental disabilities, assistant secretaries as members of advisory committee: RCW 28B.20.412.Children with disabilities, copy of commitment order transmitted to department: RCW 26.40.060.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.660 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.660 - Reports of violations by secretary—Duty of attorney general, prosecuting attorney or city attorney to institute proceedings—Notice to alleged violator.

RCW 43.20A.660 Reports of violations by secretary—Duty of attorney general, prosecuting attorney or city attorney to institute proceedings—Notice to alleged violator.(1) It shall be the duty of each assistant attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city attorney to whom the secretary reports any violation of chapter 43.20A RCW, or regulations promulgated thereunder, to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts, without delay, and to be duly prosecuted as prescribed by law.(2) Before any violation of chapter 43.20A RCW is reported by the secretary to the prosecuting attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his or her views to the secretary, either orally or in writing, with regard to such contemplated proceeding.[ 2009 c 549 § 5080; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 215; 1979 c 141 § 57; 1967 ex.s. c 102 § 7. Formerly RCW 43.20.190.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.Severability—1967 ex.s. c 102: See note following RCW 43.70.130.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.675 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.675 - Office of the deaf and hard of hearing—Educational materials.

RCW 43.20A.675 Office of the deaf and hard of hearing—Educational materials.The office of the deaf and hard of hearing shall develop educational materials to be distributed by hearing aid dispensers, including audiologists, to persons with hearing loss that explains the uses, benefits, and limitations of current hearing assistive technologies as defined by the department of health in rule.[ 2019 c 183 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2019 c 183: See note following RCW 18.35.310.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.680 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.680 - State council on aging established.

RCW 43.20A.680 State council on aging established.The state council on aging is hereby established as an advisory council to the governor, the secretary of social and health services, and the office of aging or any other office solely designated as the state unit on aging. The state council on aging may be designated by the governor to serve as the state advisory council to the state unit on aging with respect to federally funded programs as required by federal regulation. The director of the state unit on aging shall provide appropriate staff support.[ 1981 c 151 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—1981 c 151: "This act shall take effect September 1, 1981." [ 1981 c 151 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.685 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.685 - State council on aging—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Chairperson—Secretary—Compensation of legislative members.

RCW 43.20A.685 State council on aging—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Chairperson—Secretary—Compensation of legislative members.(1) Members of the council shall be appointed to terms of three years, except in the case of a vacancy, in which event appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term for which the vacancy occurs. No member of the council may serve more than two consecutive three-year terms. Each area agency on aging advisory council shall appoint one member from its state-designated planning and service area. The governor shall appoint one additional member from names submitted by the association of Washington cities and one additional member from names submitted by the Washington state association of counties. In addition, the governor may appoint not more than five at large members, in order to ensure that rural areas (those areas outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area), minority populations, and those individuals with special skills which could assist the state council are represented. The members of the state council on aging shall elect, at the council's initial meeting and at the council's first meeting each year, one member to serve as chairperson of the council and another member to serve as secretary of the council.(2) The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall each appoint two nonvoting members to the council; one from each of the two largest caucuses in each house. The terms of the members so appointed shall be for approximately two years and the terms shall expire before the first day of the legislative session in odd-numbered years. They shall be compensated by their respective houses as provided under RCW 44.04.120, as now or hereafter amended.(3) With the exception of the members from the Washington state association of cities, the Washington state association of counties, and the nonvoting legislative members, all members of the council shall be at least fifty-five years old.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 21 § 31; 1981 c 151 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 21: See note following RCW 72.23.025.Effective date—1981 c 151: See note following RCW 43.20A.680.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.690 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.690 - State council on aging—Meetings—Compensation of nonlegislative members.

RCW 43.20A.690 State council on aging—Meetings—Compensation of nonlegislative members.The state council on aging shall meet monthly unless determined otherwise by a majority vote of the members, which vote shall be taken at a regular meeting of the council. Nonlegislative members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses and per diem in the performance of their duties as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.[ 1981 c 151 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—1981 c 151: See note following RCW 43.20A.680.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.695 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.695 - State council on aging—Powers and duties—Bylaws.

RCW 43.20A.695 State council on aging—Powers and duties—Bylaws.(1) The state council on aging has the following powers and duties:(a) To serve in an advisory capacity to the governor, the secretary of social and health services, and the state unit on aging on all matters pertaining to policies, programs, and services affecting older persons;(b) To create public awareness of the special needs and potentialities of older persons; and(c) To provide for self-advocacy by older citizens of the state through sponsorship of training, legislative and other conferences, workshops, and such other methods as may be deemed appropriate.(2) The council shall establish bylaws to aid in the performance of its powers and duties.[ 1981 c 151 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—1981 c 151: See note following RCW 43.20A.680.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.711 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.711 - Receipt and use of criminal history information.

RCW 43.20A.711 Receipt and use of criminal history information.The secretary is authorized to receive criminal history record information that includes nonconviction data for any purpose associated with an investigation under chapter 74.04 RCW. Dissemination or use of nonconviction data for purposes other than that authorized in this section is prohibited.[ 2008 c 74 § 4.]NOTES:Finding—2008 c 74: See note following RCW 51.04.024.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.760 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.760 - Community and technical college students' eligibility for the Washington basic food program.

RCW 43.20A.760 Community and technical college students' eligibility for the Washington basic food program.(1)(a) For the purposes of community and technical college students' eligibility for the Washington basic food program, the department shall, in consultation with the state board for community and technical colleges, identify educational programs at the community and technical colleges that would meet the requirements of state-approved employment and training programs.(b) In identifying educational programs, the department must consider science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and must be as inclusive as possible of other programs.(c) The department shall maintain and regularly update a list of identified programs in accordance with 7 C.F.R. Sec. 273.5(b)(11), which provides that a student is eligible for an exemption from eligibility rules if the student's attendance can be described as part of a program to increase the student's employability.(d) For the purposes of this section, and to the extent allowed by federal law, a student shall be anticipating participation through a work-study program if he or she can reasonably expect or foresee being assigned work-study employment. For the purposes of this subsection: "Anticipation [Anticipating] participation" means a student has received approval of work-study as part of a financial aid package and has yet to receive notice from the institution of higher education that he or she has been denied participation in work-study; and "work-study" means the program created in chapter 28B.12 RCW.(e) The department shall coordinate with the state board of [for] community and technical colleges and the Washington state student achievement council to identify options that could confer categorical eligibility for students who receive state need grants that are funded through temporary assistance for needy families federal or state maintenance of effort dollars. By January 1, 2020, the department must provide a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature that identifies federal assistance options for state need grant recipients.(2) If the United States department of agriculture requires federal approval of what constitutes state-approved employment and training programs for the purposes of basic food eligibility, the department shall seek federal approval.[ 2019 c 407 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—2019 c 407: See notes following RCW 28B.50.295.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.765 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.765 - Mental health first aid training for teachers and educational staff.

RCW 43.20A.765 Mental health first aid training for teachers and educational staff.Subject to appropriation for this specific purpose, the department shall provide funds for mental health first aid training targeted at teachers and educational staff. The training will follow the model developed by the department of psychology in Melbourne, Australia. Instruction provided will describe common mental disorders that arise in youth, their possible causes and risk factors, the availability of evidence-based medical, psychological, and alternative treatments, processes for making referrals for behavioral health services, and methods to effectively render assistance in both initial intervention and crisis situations. The department shall collaborate with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to identify sites and methods of instruction that leverage local resources to the extent possible for the purpose of making the mental health first aid training broadly available.[ 2013 c 197 § 9.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—2013 c 197: "(1) The legislature finds that a lack of information about mental health problems among the general public leads to stigmatizing attitudes and prevents people from seeking help early and seeking the best sort of help. It also prevents people from providing support to family members, friends, and colleagues because they might not know what to do. This lack of knowledge about mental health problems limits the initial accessibility of evidence-based treatments and leads to a lack of support for people with a mental disorder from family, friends, and other members of the community.(2) The focus on training for teachers and educational staff is intended to provide opportunities for early intervention when the first signs of developing mental illness may be recognized in children, teens, and young adults, so that appropriate referrals may be made to evidence-based behavioral health services." [ 2013 c 197 § 8.]Findings—Intent—2013 c 197: See note following RCW 28A.410.226.Civil liability—2013 c 197: See RCW 28A.310.501.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.770 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.770 - Administration of statutes applicable to runaway youth, at-risk youth, and families in conflict—Consistency required.

RCW 43.20A.770 Administration of statutes applicable to runaway youth, at-risk youth, and families in conflict—Consistency required.The department shall ensure that the administration of chapter 13.32A RCW and applicable portions of chapter 74.13 RCW relating to runaway youth, at-risk youth, and families in conflict is consistent in all areas of the state and in accordance with statutory requirements.[ 1991 c 364 § 6.]NOTES:Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 364: See note following RCW 71.05.210.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.800 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.800 - Vision services for the homeless—Coordination.

RCW 43.20A.800 Vision services for the homeless—Coordination.The secretary of the department of social and health services shall coordinate the efforts of nonprofit agencies working with the homeless, the Washington academy of eye physicians and surgeons, the Washington optometric association, and the opticians association of Washington to deliver vision services to the homeless free of charge. The secretary shall enter into agreements identifying cooperating agencies and the circumstances under which specified services will be delivered.[ 1993 c 96 § 2.]NOTES:Findings—1993 c 96: "The legislature finds that many homeless people in the state of Washington have impaired eyesight that reduces their chances of obtaining employment or training for employment. The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to facilitate ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians in providing free vision services to homeless people of the state." [ 1993 c 96 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.810 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.810 - Vision services for the homeless—Funding.

RCW 43.20A.810 Vision services for the homeless—Funding.To the extent consistent with the department's budget, the secretary shall pay for the eyeglasses hardware prescribed and dispensed pursuant to the program set up in RCW 43.20A.800 through 43.20A.840. The secretary shall also attempt to obtain private sector funding for this program.[ 1993 c 96 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—1993 c 96: See note following RCW 43.20A.800.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.820 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.820 - Vision services for the homeless—Use of used eyeglass frames by providers.

RCW 43.20A.820 Vision services for the homeless—Use of used eyeglass frames by providers.Ophthalmologists, optometrists, and dispensing opticians may utilize used eyeglass frames obtained through donations to this program.[ 1993 c 96 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—1993 c 96: See note following RCW 43.20A.800.
WA Rev Code § 43.20A.830 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20A - Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20A.830 - Vision services for the homeless—Provider liability.

RCW 43.20A.830 Vision services for the homeless—Provider liability.An ophthalmologist, optometrist, or dispensing optician who provides:(1) Free vision services; or(2) Eyeglasses, or any part thereof, including used frames, at or below retail cost to homeless people in the state of Washingtonand who is not reimbursed for such services or eyeglasses as allowed for in RCW 43.20A.840, is not liable for civil damages for injury to a homeless person resulting from any act or omission in providing such services or eyeglasses, other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or intentional conduct.[ 1993 c 96 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—1993 c 96: See note following RCW 43.20A.800.