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WA Rev Code § 43.20B.620 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.620 - Overpayments of assistance—Lien against recipient's property—Recovery methods.

RCW 43.20B.620 Overpayments of assistance—Lien against recipient's property—Recovery methods.Overpayments of public assistance or food stamps or food stamp benefits transferred electronically under RCW 74.04.300 shall become a lien against the real and personal property of the recipient from the time of filing by the department with the county auditor of the county in which the recipient resides or owns property, and the lien claim has preference over the claims of all unsecured creditors.Debts due the state for overpayments of public assistance or food stamps or food stamp benefits transferred electronically may be recovered by the state by deduction from the subsequent assistance payments to such persons, lien and foreclosure, or order to withhold and deliver, or may be recovered by civil action.[ 1998 c 79 § 4; 1987 c 75 § 43.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.630 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.630 - Overpayments of assistance—Procedures—Adjudicative proceeding.

RCW 43.20B.630 Overpayments of assistance—Procedures—Adjudicative proceeding.(1) Any person who owes a debt to the state for an overpayment of public assistance and/or food stamps or food stamp benefits transferred electronically shall be notified of that debt by either personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested. Personal service, return of the requested receipt, or refusal by the debtor of such notice is proof of notice to the debtor of the debt owed. Service of the notice shall be in the manner prescribed for the service of a summons in a civil action. The notice shall include a statement of the debt owed; a statement that the property of the debtor will be subject to collection action after the debtor terminates from public assistance and/or food stamps or benefits; a statement that the property will be subject to lien and foreclosure, distraint, seizure and sale, or order to withhold and deliver; and a statement that the net proceeds will be applied to the satisfaction of the overpayment debt. Action to collect the debt by lien and foreclosure, distraint, seizure and sale, or order to withhold and deliver, is lawful after ninety days from the debtor's termination from public assistance and/or food stamps or benefits or the receipt of the notice of debt, whichever is later. This does not preclude the department from recovering overpayments by deduction from subsequent assistance payments, not exceeding deductions as authorized under federal law with regard to financial assistance programs: PROVIDED, That subject to federal legal requirement, deductions shall not exceed five percent of the grant payment standard if the overpayment resulted from error on the part of the department or error on the part of the recipient without willful or knowing intent of the recipient in obtaining or retaining the overpayment.(2) A current or former recipient who is aggrieved by a claim that he or she owes a debt for an overpayment of public assistance or food stamps or food stamp benefits transferred electronically has the right to an adjudicative proceeding pursuant to RCW 74.08.080. If no application is filed, the debt will be subject to collection action as authorized under this chapter. If a timely application is filed, the execution of collection action on the debt shall be stayed pending the final adjudicative order or termination of the debtor from public assistance and/or food stamps or food stamp benefits transferred electronically, whichever occurs later.[ 1998 c 79 § 5; 1989 c 175 § 100; 1982 c 201 § 18; 1981 c 163 § 1. Formerly RCW 74.04.700.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.Overpayments and debts due the state: RCW 74.04.300.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.640 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.640 - Overpayments of assistance—Failure to withhold property of debtor.

RCW 43.20B.640 Overpayments of assistance—Failure to withhold property of debtor.If any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department of the state fails to answer an order to withhold and deliver within the time prescribed in RCW 43.20B.635, or fails or refuses to deliver property pursuant to the order, or after actual notice of filing of a lien as provided for in this chapter, pays over, releases, sells, transfers, or conveys real or personal property subject to such lien to or for the benefit of the debtor or any other person, or fails or refuses to surrender upon demand property distrained under RCW 43.20B.635, or fails or refuses to honor an assignment of wages presented by the secretary, such person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department of the state is liable to the department in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the value of the debt which is the basis of the lien, order to withhold and deliver, distraint, or assignment of wages, together with costs, interest, and reasonable attorney fees.[ 1987 c 75 § 38; 1981 c 163 § 3. Formerly RCW 74.04.720.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.645 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.645 - Overpayments of assistance—Assignment of earnings.

RCW 43.20B.645 Overpayments of assistance—Assignment of earnings.Any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department employing a person owing a debt for overpayment of public assistance received as defined in RCW 74.04.300, shall honor, according to its terms, a duly executed assignment of earnings presented to the employer by the secretary as a plan to satisfy or retire an overpayment debt. This requirement to honor the assignment of earnings is applicable whether the earnings are to be paid presently or in the future and continues in force and effect until released in writing by the secretary. Payment of moneys pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented to the employer by the secretary serves as full acquittance under any contract of employment, and the state warrants and represents it shall defend and hold harmless such action taken pursuant to the assignment of earnings. The secretary is released from liability for improper receipt of moneys under assignment of earnings upon return of any moneys so received.[ 1981 c 163 § 4. Formerly RCW 74.04.730.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.660 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.660 - Improper realty transfer—Suit to rescind—Recovery from recipient's estate.

RCW 43.20B.660 Improper realty transfer—Suit to rescind—Recovery from recipient's estate.If an improper real property transfer is made as defined in RCW 74.08.331 through 74.08.338, the department may request the attorney general to file suit to rescind the transaction except as to subsequent bona fide purchasers for value. If it is established by judicial proceedings that a fraudulent conveyance occurred, the value of any public assistance which has been furnished may be recovered in any proceedings from the recipient or the recipient's estate.[ 1987 c 75 § 46.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.670 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.670 - Excess property assistance program—Lien—Department as creditor.

RCW 43.20B.670 Excess property assistance program—Lien—Department as creditor.When the department provides grant assistance to persons who possess excess real property under *RCW 74.04.005(10)(f), the department may file a lien against, or otherwise perfect its interest in such real property as a condition of granting such assistance, and the department shall have the status of a secured creditor.[ 1985 c 245 § 10. Formerly RCW 74.04.007.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 74.04.005 was amended by 1997 c 58 § 309, changing subsection (10)(f) to subsection (10)(g). RCW 74.04.005 was subsequently amended by 2010 1st sp.s. c 8 § 4, changing subsection (10)(g) to subsection (11)(g). RCW 74.04.005 was subsequently alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k), changing subsection (11)(g) to subsection (13)(g).
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.680 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.680 - Vendor overpayments—Lien or other security—Setoff or recoupment—Exception.

RCW 43.20B.680 Vendor overpayments—Lien or other security—Setoff or recoupment—Exception.(1) The department may, at the secretary's discretion, secure the repayment of any outstanding overpayment, plus interest, if any, through the filing of a lien against the vendor's real property, or by requiring the posting of a bond, assignment of deposit, or some other form of security acceptable to the department, or by doing both.(a) Any lien shall be effective from the date of filing for record with the county auditor of the county in which the property is located and the lien claim shall have preference over the claims of all unsecured creditors.(b) The department shall review and determine the acceptability of all other forms of security.(c) Any bond must be issued by a company licensed as a surety in the state of Washington.(d) This subsection does not apply to nursing homes licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW or portions of hospitals licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW and operating as a nursing home, if those facilities are subject to chapter 74.46 RCW.(2) The department may recover any overpayment, plus interest, if any, by setoff or recoupment against subsequent payments to the vendor.[ 1987 c 283 § 10.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—1987 c 283: See notes following RCW 43.20A.020.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.685 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.685 - Vendor overpayments—Liens—Duration—Enforcement.

RCW 43.20B.685 Vendor overpayments—Liens—Duration—Enforcement.Liens created under RCW 43.20B.680 shall bind the affected property for a period of ten years after the lien has been recorded or ten years after the resolution of all good faith disputes as to the overpayment, whichever is later. Any civil action by the department to enforce such lien must be timely commenced before the ten-year period expires or the lien shall be released. A civil action to enforce such lien shall not be timely commenced unless the summons and complaint are filed within the ten-year period in a court having jurisdiction and service of the summons and complaint is made upon all parties in the manner prescribed by appropriate civil court rules.[ 1987 c 283 § 11.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—1987 c 283: See notes following RCW 43.20A.020.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.688 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.688 - Limitation on actions to enforce vendor overpayment debts.

RCW 43.20B.688 Limitation on actions to enforce vendor overpayment debts.Any action to enforce a vendor overpayment debt shall be commenced within six years from the date of the department's notice to the vendor.[ 1987 c 283 § 15. Formerly RCW 43.20A.440.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—1987 c 283: See notes following RCW 43.20A.020.Vendor overpayments: RCW 43.20B.680 through 43.20B.695.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.690 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.690 - Vendor overpayments—Remedies nonexclusive.

RCW 43.20B.690 Vendor overpayments—Remedies nonexclusive.The remedies under RCW 43.20B.680 and 43.20B.685 are nonexclusive and nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to impair or affect the right of the department to maintain a civil action or to pursue any other remedies available to it under the laws of this state to recover such debt.[ 1987 c 283 § 12.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—1987 c 283: See notes following RCW 43.20A.020.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.695 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.695 - Vendor overpayments—Interest—Exceptions.

RCW 43.20B.695 Vendor overpayments—Interest—Exceptions.(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, vendors shall pay interest on overpayments at the rate of one percent per month or portion thereof. Where partial repayment of an overpayment is made, interest accrues on the remaining balance. Interest will not accrue when the overpayment occurred due to department error.(2) If the overpayment is discovered by the vendor prior to discovery and notice by the department, the interest shall begin accruing ninety days after the vendor notifies the department of such overpayment.(3) If the overpayment is discovered by the department prior to discovery and notice by the vendor, the interest shall begin accruing thirty days after the date of notice by the department to the vendor.(4) This section does not apply to:(a) Interagency or intergovernmental transactions;(b) Contracts for public works, goods and services procured for the exclusive use of the department, equipment, or travel; and(c) Contracts entered into before September 1, 1979, for contracts with medical assistance funding, and August 23, 1983, for all other contracts.[ 2008 c 53 § 1; 1987 c 283 § 2; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 17. Formerly RCW 43.20A.435.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—1987 c 283: See notes following RCW 43.20A.020.Savings—1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 17: "The enactment of section 17 of this act shall not have the effect of terminating or in any way modifying any liability, civil or criminal, which is already in existence on August 23, 1983." [ 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 18.]Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.710 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.710 - Medical assistance—Improper transfer or assignment of resources—Penalty—Presumption, rebuttal—Attorney's fees.

RCW 43.20B.710 Medical assistance—Improper transfer or assignment of resources—Penalty—Presumption, rebuttal—Attorney's fees.If cash or resources are improperly transferred or assigned under *RCW 74.09.538, a person who knowingly or willingly receives the assets for less than fair market value is liable for a civil penalty equal to the uncompensated value of the cash or resources transferred or assigned at less than fair market value. The civil penalty shall not exceed the cost of assistance rendered by the department to the applicant or recipient. The person may rebut the presumption that the transfer or assignment was made for the purpose of enabling the applicant or recipient to qualify or continue to qualify for assistance. The prevailing party in such an action shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees.[ 1987 c 75 § 47.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 74.09.538 was repealed by 1989 c 87 § 11.Transfer of spousal resources: RCW 74.09.530 through 74.09.595.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.720 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.720 - Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Subrogation rights of department—Lien—Withhold and deliver notice.

RCW 43.20B.720 Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Subrogation rights of department—Lien—Withhold and deliver notice.(1) To avoid a duplicate payment of benefits, a recipient of public assistance from the department of social and health services is deemed to have subrogated the department to the recipient's right to recover temporary total disability compensation due to the recipient and the recipient's dependents under Title 51 RCW, to the extent of such assistance or compensation, whichever is less. However, the amount to be repaid to the department of social and health services shall bear its proportionate share of attorney's fees and costs, if any, incurred under Title 51 RCW by the recipient or the recipient's dependents.(2) The department of social and health services may assert and enforce a lien and notice to withhold and deliver to secure reimbursement. The department shall identify in the lien and notice to withhold and deliver the recipient of public assistance and temporary total disability compensation and the amount claimed by the department.[ 1997 c 130 § 1; 1985 c 245 § 7; 1982 c 201 § 17; 1973 1st ex.s. c 102 § 1. Formerly RCW 74.04.530.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.730 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.730 - Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Effective date of lien and notice—Service.

RCW 43.20B.730 Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Effective date of lien and notice—Service.The effective date of the lien and notice to withhold and deliver provided in RCW 43.20B.720 is the day that it is received by the department of labor and industries or a self-insurer as defined in chapter 51.08 RCW. Service of the lien and notice to withhold and deliver may be made personally, by regular mail with postage prepaid, or by electronic means. A statement of lien and notice to withhold and deliver shall be mailed to the recipient at the recipient's last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested, no later than two business days after the department mails, delivers, or transmits the lien and notice to withhold and deliver to the department of labor and industries or a self-insurer.[ 1997 c 130 § 2; 1987 c 75 § 34; 1985 c 245 § 9; 1973 1st ex.s. c 102 § 3. Formerly RCW 74.04.550.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.735 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.735 - Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Duty to withhold and deliver—Amount.

RCW 43.20B.735 Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Duty to withhold and deliver—Amount.The director of labor and industries or the director's designee, or a self-insurer as defined in chapter 51.08 RCW, following receipt of the lien and notice to withhold and deliver, shall deliver to the secretary of social and health services or the secretary's designee any temporary total disability compensation payable to the recipient named in the lien and notice to withhold and deliver up to the amount claimed. The director of labor and industries or self-insurer shall withhold and deliver from funds currently in the director's or self-insurer's possession or from any funds that may at any time come into the director's or self-insurer's possession on account of temporary total disability compensation payable to the recipient named in the lien and notice to withhold and deliver.[ 1997 c 130 § 3; 1973 1st ex.s. c 102 § 4. Formerly RCW 74.04.560.]
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.740 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.740 - Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Adjudicative proceeding—Collection pending final order.

RCW 43.20B.740 Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Adjudicative proceeding—Collection pending final order.A recipient feeling aggrieved by the action of the department of social and health services in recovering his or her temporary total disability compensation as provided in RCW 43.20B.720 through 43.20B.745 shall have the right to an adjudicative proceeding.A recipient seeking an adjudicative proceeding shall file an application with the secretary within twenty-eight days after the statement of lien and notice to withhold and deliver was mailed to the recipient. If the recipient files an application more than twenty-eight days after, but within one year of, the date the statement of lien and notice to withhold and deliver was mailed, the recipient is entitled to a hearing if the recipient shows good cause for the recipient's failure to file a timely application. The filing of a late application does not affect prior collection action pending the final adjudicative order. Until good cause for failure to file a timely application is decided, the department may continue to collect under the lien and notice to withhold and deliver.The proceeding shall be governed by chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act.[ 1997 c 130 § 4; 1989 c 175 § 101; 1987 c 75 § 35; 1973 1st ex.s. c 102 § 5. Formerly RCW 74.04.570.]NOTES:Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 43.20B.745 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.20B - Revenue Recovery for Department of Social and Health Services.|43.20B.745 - Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Application.

RCW 43.20B.745 Recipient receiving industrial insurance compensation—Application.RCW 43.20B.720 through 43.20B.745 shall not apply to persons whose eligibility for benefits under Title 51 RCW, is based upon an injury or illness occurring prior to July 1, 1972.[ 1987 c 75 § 36; 1973 1st ex.s. c 102 § 6. Formerly RCW 74.04.580.]