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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.825 - Donor human milk—Standards—Federal funding.

RCW 74.09.825
Donor human milk—Standards—Federal funding.
(1) The authority shall provide coverage under this chapter for medically necessary donor human milk for inpatient use when ordered by a licensed health care provider with prescriptive authority or an international board certified lactation consultant certified by the international board of lactation consultant examiners for an infant who is medically or physically unable to receive maternal human milk or participate in chest feeding or whose parent is medically or physically unable to produce maternal human milk in sufficient quantities or caloric density or participate in chest feeding, if the infant meets at least one of the following criteria:
(a) An infant birth weight of below 2,500 grams;
(b) An infant gestational age equal to or less than 34 weeks;
(c) Infant hypoglycemia;
(d) A high risk for development of necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or retinopathy of prematurity;
(e) A congenital or acquired gastrointestinal condition with long-term feeding or malabsorption complications;
(f) Congenital heart disease requiring surgery in the first year of life;
(g) An organ or bone marrow transplant;
(h) Sepsis;
(i) Congenital hypotonias associated with feeding difficulty or malabsorption;
(j) Renal disease requiring dialysis in the first year of life;
(k) Craniofacial anomalies;
(l) An immunologic deficiency;
(m) Neonatal abstinence syndrome;
(n) Any other serious congenital or acquired condition for which the use of pasteurized donor human milk and donor human milk derived products is medically necessary and supports the treatment and recovery of the child; or
(o) Any baby still inpatient within 72 hours of birth without sufficient human milk available.
(2) Donor human milk covered under this section must be obtained from a milk bank that meets minimum standards adopted by the department of health pursuant to RCW 43.70.645.
(3) The authority may require an enrollee to obtain expedited prior authorization to receive coverage for donor human milk as required under this section.
(4) In administering this program, the authority must seek any available federal financial participation under the medical assistance program, as codified at Title XIX of the federal social security act, the state children's health insurance program, as codified at Title XXI of the federal social security act, and any other federal funding sources that are now available or may become available.
(5) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Donor human milk" means human milk that has been contributed to a milk bank by one or more donors.
(b) "Milk bank" means an organization that engages in the procurement, processing, storage, distribution, or use of human milk contributed by donors.
[ 2022 c 236 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.850 - Conflict with federal requirements.

RCW 74.09.850
Conflict with federal requirements.
If any part of this chapter is found to conflict with federal requirements which are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this chapter is hereby declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict, and such finding or determination shall not affect the operation of the remainder of this chapter.
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 3 § 7.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 2nd ex.s. c 3: See note following RCW 74.09.510.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.860 - Request for proposals—Foster children—Integrated managed health and behavioral health care—Continuation of health care benefits following reunification.

RCW 74.09.860
Request for proposals—Foster children—Integrated managed health and behavioral health care—Continuation of health care benefits following reunification.
(1) The authority shall issue a request for proposals to provide integrated managed health and behavioral health care for foster children receiving care through the medical assistance program. Behavioral health services provided under chapters 71.24 and 71.34 RCW must be integrated into the managed care organization for foster children beginning January 1, 2019. The request for proposals must address the program elements described in section 110, chapter 225, Laws of 2014, including development of a service delivery system, benefit design, reimbursement mechanisms, incorporation or coordination of services currently provided by the regional support networks, and standards for contracting with health organizations. The request for proposals must be issued and completed in time for services under the integrated managed care plan to begin on October 1, 2016.
(2) The parent or guardian of a child who is no longer a dependent child pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW may choose to continue in the transitional foster care eligibility category for up to twelve months following reunification with the child's parents or guardian if the child:
(a) Is under eighteen years of age;
(b) Was in foster care under the legal responsibility of the department of social and health services, the department of children, youth, and families, or a federally recognized Indian tribe located within the state; and
(c) Meets income and other eligibility standards for medical assistance coverage.
[ 2023 c 51 § 52; 2018 c 27 § 1; 2015 c 283 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2018 c 27: "This act takes effect July 1, 2018." [ 2018 c 27 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.870 - Regional service areas—Establishment.

RCW 74.09.870
Regional service areas—Establishment.
(1) Upon receipt of guidance for the creation of common regional service areas from the adult behavioral health system task force established in section 1, chapter 338, Laws of 2013, the authority shall establish regional service areas as provided in this section.
(2) Counties, through the Washington state association of counties, must be given the opportunity to propose the composition of regional service areas. Each service area must:
(a) Include a sufficient number of medicaid lives to support full financial risk managed care contracting for services included in contracts with the department or the authority;
(b) Include full counties that are contiguous with one another; and
(c) Reflect natural medical and behavioral health service referral patterns and shared clinical, health care service, behavioral health service, and behavioral health crisis response resources.
(3) The Washington state association of counties must submit their recommendations to the department, the authority, and the task force described in section 1, chapter 225, Laws of 2014 on or before August 1, 2014.
[ 2018 c 201 § 2006; 2014 c 225 § 2. Formerly RCW 43.20A.893.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.877 - Statewide plan to implement coordinated specialty care programs providing early identification and intervention for psychosis.

RCW 74.09.877
Statewide plan to implement coordinated specialty care programs providing early identification and intervention for psychosis. (Expires June 30, 2024.)
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the authority shall collaborate with the University of Washington and a professional association of licensed community behavioral health agencies to develop a statewide plan to implement evidence-based coordinated specialty care programs that provide early identification and intervention for psychosis in licensed and certified community behavioral health agencies. The authority must submit the statewide plan to the governor and the legislature by March 1, 2020. The statewide plan must include:
(a) Analysis of existing benefit packages, payment rates, and resource gaps, including needs for nonmedicaid resources;
(b) Development of a discrete benefit package and case rate for coordinated specialty care;
(c) Identification of costs for statewide start-up, training, and community outreach;
(d) Determination of the number of coordinated specialty care teams needed in each regional service area; and
(e) A timeline for statewide implementation.
(2) The authority shall ensure that:
(a) At least one coordinated specialty care team is starting up or in operation in each regional service area by October 1, 2020; and
(b) Each regional service area has an adequate number of coordinated specialty care teams based on incidence and population across the state by December 31, 2023.
(3) This section expires June 30, 2024.
[ 2019 c 360 § 6.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2019 c 360: See note following RCW 74.09.4951.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.880 - Z code collection—Incentives and funding.

RCW 74.09.880
Z code collection—Incentives and funding.
To improve health outcomes and address health inequities, the authority shall evaluate incentive approaches and recommend funding options to increase the collection of Z codes on individual medicaid claims, in accordance with standard billing guidance and regulations.
[ 2022 c 215 § 5.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2022 c 215: See note following RCW 70.320.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.892 - Medicaid program integrity—Managed care organizations—Contracts—Best practices.

RCW 74.09.892
Medicaid program integrity—Managed care organizations—Contracts—Best practices.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2024, the authority's contracts with managed care organizations must clearly detail each party's requirements for maintaining program integrity and the consequences the managed care organizations face if they do not meet the requirements. The contract must ensure the penalties are adequate to ensure compliance.
(2) The authority shall follow leading program integrity practices as recommended by the centers for medicare and medicaid services, including but not limited to:
(a) Monthly reporting and quarterly meetings with managed care organizations to discuss program integrity issues and findings as well as trends in fraud and other improper payments;
(b) Financial penalties for failure to fulfill program integrity requirements, including liquidated damages and sanctions;
(c) Directly auditing providers and:
(i) Recovering overpayments from the providers; or
(ii) Assessing liquidated damages against the managed care organizations;
(d) Ensuring recoveries and liquidated damages resulting from overpayments are properly accounted for and applied to managed care encounters to ensure accurate future rate setting; and
(e) Ensuring all contracts with managed care organizations are updated as appropriate to reflect program integrity requirements.
[ 2023 c 439 § 4.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2023 c 439: See note following RCW 74.04.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.900 - Other laws applicable.

RCW 74.09.900
Other laws applicable.
All the provisions of Title 74 RCW, not otherwise inconsistent herewith, shall apply to the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1959 c 26 § 74.09.900. Prior: 1955 c 273 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09 - Medical Care. › 74.09.920 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 74.09.920
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 175.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2009 c 521 §§ 5-8, 79, 87-103, 107, 151, 165, 166, 173-175, and 190-192: See note following RCW 2.10.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09A - Medical Assistance—Coordination of Benefits—Information Transfer. › 74.09A.005 - Findings.

RCW 74.09A.005
Findings.
The legislature finds that:
(1) Simplification in the administration of payment of health benefits is important for the state, providers, and health insurers;
(2) The state, providers, and health insurers should take advantage of all opportunities to streamline operations through automation and the use of common computer standards;
(3) It is in the best interests of the state, providers, and health insurers to identify all third parties that are obligated to cover the cost of health care coverage of joint beneficiaries; and
(4) Health insurers, as a condition of doing business in Washington, must increase their effort to share information with the authority and accept the authority's timely claims consistent with 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25).
Therefore, the legislature declares that to improve the coordination of benefits between the health care authority and health insurers to ensure that medical insurance benefits are properly utilized, a transfer of information between the authority and health insurers should be instituted, and the process for submitting requests for information and claims should be simplified.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 117; 2007 c 179 § 1; 1993 c 10 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
Effective date—2007 c 179: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2007." [ 2007 c 179 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09A - Medical Assistance—Coordination of Benefits—Information Transfer. › 74.09A.010 - Definitions.

RCW 74.09A.010
Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Authority" means the Washington state health care authority.
(2) "Computerized" means online or batch processing with standardized format via magnetic tape output.
(3) "Health insurance coverage" includes any policy, contract, or agreement under which health care items or services are provided, arranged, reimbursed, or paid for by a health insurer.
(4) "Health insurer" means any party that is, by statute, policy, contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service, including, but not limited to, a commercial insurance company providing disability insurance under chapter 48.20 or 48.21 RCW, a health care service contractor providing health care coverage under chapter 48.44 RCW, a health maintenance organization providing comprehensive health care services under chapter 48.46 RCW, an employer or union self-insured plan, any private insurer, a group health plan, a service benefit plan, a managed care organization, a pharmacy benefit manager, and a third party administrator.
(5) "Joint beneficiary" is an individual who has health insurance coverage and is a recipient of public assistance benefits under chapter 74.09 RCW.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 118; 2007 c 179 § 2; 1993 c 10 § 2.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
Effective date—2007 c 179: See note following RCW 74.09A.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09A - Medical Assistance—Coordination of Benefits—Information Transfer. › 74.09A.020 - Eligibility and coverage information—Provision to health insurers.

RCW 74.09A.020
Eligibility and coverage information—Provision to health insurers.
(1) Health insurers shall share all beneficiary eligibility and coverage information with the authority for the purpose of identifying joint beneficiaries. The authority shall use this information to identify joint beneficiaries. The authority shall use this information to improve accuracy and currency of health insurance coverage and to promote improved coordination of benefits.
(2) To the maximum extent possible, necessary data elements and a compatible database shall be developed by affected health insurers and the authority. The authority shall establish a representative group of health insurers and state agency representatives to develop necessary technical and file specifications to promote a standardized database. The database shall include elements essential to the authority and its population's health insurance coverage information.
(3) If the state and health insurers enter into other agreements regarding the use of common computer standards, the database identified in this section shall be replaced by the new common computer standards.
(4) The information provided will be of sufficient detail to promote reliable and accurate benefit coordination and identification of individuals who are also eligible for authority programs.
(5) The frequency of updates will be mutually agreed to by each health insurer and the authority based on frequency of change and operational limitations.
(6) The health insurers and the authority shall safeguard and properly use the information to protect records as provided by law, including but not limited to chapters 42.48, 74.09, 74.04, 70.02, and 42.56 RCW, and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396a and 42 C.F.R. Sec. 43 et seq. The purpose of this exchange of information is to improve coordination and administration of benefits and ensure that medical insurance benefits are properly utilized.
(7) The authority shall target implementation of this section to those health insurers with the highest probability of joint beneficiaries.
[ 2020 c 183 § 1; 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 119; 2007 c 179 § 3; 2005 c 274 § 350; 1993 c 10 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
Effective date—2007 c 179: See note following RCW 74.09A.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09A - Medical Assistance—Coordination of Benefits—Information Transfer. › 74.09A.030 - Duties of health insurers—Providing information—Payments—Claims—Costs and fees.

RCW 74.09A.030
Duties of health insurers—Providing information—Payments—Claims—Costs and fees.
Health insurers, as a condition of doing business in Washington, must:
(1) Provide, with respect to individuals who are eligible for, or are provided, medical assistance under chapter 74.09 RCW, upon the request of the authority, information to determine during what period the individual or their spouses or their dependents may be, or may have been, covered by a health insurer and the nature of coverage that is or was provided by the health insurer, including the name, address, and identifying number of the plan, in a manner prescribed by the authority;
(2) Accept the authority's right to recovery and the assignment to the authority of any right of an individual or other entity to payment from the party for an item or service for which payment has been made under chapter 74.09 RCW;
(3) Respond to any inquiry by the authority regarding a claim for payment for any health care item or service that is submitted not later than three years after the date of the provision of such health care item or service;
(4) Agree not to deny a claim submitted by the authority solely on the basis of the date of submission of the claim, the type or format of the claim form, or a failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-sale that is the basis of the claim, if:
(a) The claim is submitted by the authority within the three-year period beginning on the date the item or service was furnished; and
(b) Any action by the authority to enforce its rights with respect to such claim is commenced within six years of the authority's submission of such claim; and
(5) Agree that the prevailing party in any legal action to enforce this section receives reasonable attorneys' fees as well as related collection fees and costs incurred in the enforcement of this section.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 120; 2007 c 179 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
Effective date—2007 c 179: See note following RCW 74.09A.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.09A - Medical Assistance—Coordination of Benefits—Information Transfer. › 74.09A.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 74.09A.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 176.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.010 - Definitions.

RCW 74.12.010
Definitions.
For the purposes of the administration of temporary assistance for needy families, the term "dependent child" means any child in need under the age of eighteen years who is living with a relative as specified under federal temporary assistance for needy families program requirements, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or her or their homes. The term a "dependent child" shall, notwithstanding the foregoing, also include a child who would meet such requirements except for his or her removal from the home of a relative specified above as a result of a judicial determination that continuation therein would be contrary to the welfare of such child, for whose placement and care the state department of social and health services or the county office is responsible, and who has been placed in a licensed or approved child care institution or foster home as a result of such determination and who: (1) Was receiving an aid to families with dependent children grant for the month in which court proceedings leading to such determination were initiated; or (2) would have received aid to families with dependent children for such month if application had been made therefor; or (3) in the case of a child who had been living with a specified relative within six months prior to the month in which such proceedings were initiated, would have received aid to families with dependent children for such month if in such month he or she had been living with such a relative and application had been made therefor, as authorized by the social security act.
"Temporary assistance for needy families" means money payments, services, and remedial care with respect to a dependent child or dependent children and the needy parent or relative with whom the child lives.
[ 2013 c 23 § 204; 1999 c 120 § 1; 1997 c 59 § 16; 1992 c 136 § 2; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 40; 1981 1st ex.s. c 6 § 23; 1981 c 8 § 21; 1979 c 141 § 350; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 31 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 173 § 13; 1965 ex.s. c 37 § 1; 1963 c 228 § 18; 1961 c 265 § 1; 1959 c 26 § 74.12.010. Prior: 1957 c 63 § 10; 1953 c 174 § 24; 1941 c 242 § 1; 1937 c 114 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9992-101.]
NOTES:
Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.
Effective date—Severability—1981 1st ex.s. c 6: See notes following RCW 74.04.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.030 - Eligibility.

RCW 74.12.030
Eligibility.
In addition to meeting the eligibility requirements of RCW 74.08.025, as now or hereafter amended, an applicant for temporary assistance for needy families must be a needy child who is a resident of the state of Washington.
[ 1997 c 59 § 17; 1971 ex.s. c 169 § 6; 1963 c 228 § 19; 1959 c 26 § 74.12.030. Prior: 1953 c 174 § 23; 1941 c 242 § 2; 1937 c 114 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9992-104.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.035 - Additional eligibility requirements—Students—Exceptions.

RCW 74.12.035
Additional eligibility requirements—Students—Exceptions.
(1) Children over eighteen years of age and under nineteen years of age who are full-time students reasonably expected to complete a program of secondary school, or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, before reaching nineteen years of age are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That if such students do not successfully complete such program before reaching nineteen years of age, the assistance rendered under this subsection during such period shall not be a debt due the state.
(2) Children with disabilities who are eighteen years of age and under twenty-one years of age and who are full-time students whose education is being provided in accordance with RCW 28A.155.020 are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families benefits.
(3) The department is authorized to grant exceptions to the eligibility restrictions for children eighteen years of age and under twenty-one years of age under subsections (1) and (2) of this section only when it determines by reasonable, objective criteria that such exceptions are likely to enable the children to complete their high school education, high school equivalency certificate as provided in RCW 28B.50.536, or vocational education.
[ 2013 c 39 § 29; 1999 c 120 § 2; 1997 c 59 § 18; 1985 c 335 § 1; 1981 2nd ex.s. c 10 § 3.]
NOTES:
State consolidated standards of need: RCW 74.04.770.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.240 - Services provided to help attain maximum self-support and independence of parents and relatives.

RCW 74.12.240
Services provided to help attain maximum self-support and independence of parents and relatives.
The department is authorized to provide such social and related services as are reasonably necessary to encourage the care of dependent children in their own homes or in the homes of relatives, to help maintain and strengthen family life and to help such parents or relatives to attain maximum self-support and personal independence consistent with the maintenance of continuing parental care and protection. In the provision of such services, maximum utilization of other agencies providing similar or related services shall be effected.
[ 1959 c 26 § 74.12.240. Prior: 1957 c 63 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.250 - Payment of grant to another—Limited guardianship.

RCW 74.12.250
Payment of grant to another—Limited guardianship.
If the department, after investigation, finds that any applicant for assistance under this chapter or any recipient of funds under this chapter would not use, or is not utilizing, the grant adequately for the needs of his or her child or children or would dissipate the grant or is dissipating such grant, or would be or is unable to manage adequately the funds paid on behalf of said child and that to provide or continue payments to the applicant or recipient would be contrary to the welfare of the child, the department may make such payments to another individual who is interested in or concerned with the welfare of such child and relative: PROVIDED, That the department shall provide such counseling and other services as are available and necessary to develop greater ability on the part of the relative to manage funds in such manner as to protect the welfare of the family. Periodic review of each case shall be made by the department to determine if said relative is able to resume management of the assistance grant. If after a reasonable period of time the payments to the relative cannot be resumed, the department may request the attorney general to file a petition in the superior court for the appointment of a guardian for the child or children. Such petition shall set forth the facts warranting such appointment. Notice of the hearing on such petition shall be served upon the recipient and the department not less than ten days before the date set for such hearing. Such petition may be filed with the clerk of [the] superior court and all process issued and served without payment of costs. If upon the hearing of such petition the court is satisfied that it is for the best interest of the child or children, and all parties concerned, that a guardian be appointed, he or she shall order the appointment, and may require the guardian to render to the court a detailed itemized account of expenditures of such assistance payments at such time as the court may deem advisable.
It is the intention of this section that the guardianship herein provided for shall be a special and limited guardianship solely for the purpose of safeguarding the assistance grants made to dependent children. Such guardianship shall terminate upon the termination of such assistance grant, or sooner on order of the court, upon good cause shown.
[ 2013 c 23 § 205; 1997 c 58 § 506; 1963 c 228 § 21; 1961 c 206 § 1.]
NOTES:
Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.260 - Persons to whom grants shall be made—Proof of use for benefit of children.

RCW 74.12.260
Persons to whom grants shall be made—Proof of use for benefit of children.
Temporary assistance for needy families grants shall be made to persons specified in RCW 74.12.010 as amended or such others as the federal department of health, education and welfare shall recognize for the sole purposes of giving benefits to the children whose needs are included in the grant paid to such persons. The recipient of each temporary assistance for needy families grant shall be and hereby is required to present reasonable proof to the department of social and health services as often as may be required by the department that all funds received in the form of a temporary assistance for needy families grant for the children represented in the grant are being spent for the benefit of the children.
[ 1997 c 59 § 21; 1979 c 141 § 351; 1963 c 228 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.280 - Rules for coordination of services.

RCW 74.12.280
Rules for coordination of services.
The department is hereby authorized to adopt rules that will provide for coordination between the services provided pursuant to chapter 74.13 RCW and the services provided under the temporary assistance for needy families program in order to provide welfare and related services which will best promote the welfare of such children and their families and conform with the provisions of Public Law 87-543 (HR 10606).
[ 1997 c 59 § 22; 1983 c 3 § 191; 1963 c 228 § 24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.290 - Suitability of home—Evaluation.

RCW 74.12.290
Suitability of home—Evaluation.
The department of social and health services shall, during the initial and any subsequent determination of eligibility, evaluate the suitability of the home in which the dependent child lives, consideration to be given to physical care and supervision provided in the home; social, educational, and the moral atmosphere of the home as compared with the standards of the community; the child's physical and mental health and emotional security, special needs occasioned by the child's physical disabilities or illnesses, if any; the extent to which desirable factors outweigh the undesirable in the home; and the apparent possibility for improving undesirable conditions in the home.
[ 2020 c 274 § 60; 1979 c 141 § 352; 1963 c 228 § 25.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.300 - Grant during period required to eliminate undesirable conditions.

RCW 74.12.300
Grant during period required to eliminate undesirable conditions.
If the home in which the child lives is found to be unsuitable, but there is reason to believe that elimination of the undesirable conditions can be effected, and the child is otherwise eligible for aid, a grant shall be initiated or continued for such time as the state department of social and health services and the family require to remedy the conditions.
[ 1979 c 141 § 353; 1963 c 228 § 26.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.310 - Placement of child with other relatives.

RCW 74.12.310
Placement of child with other relatives.
When intensive efforts over a reasonable period have failed to improve the home conditions, the department shall determine if any other relatives specified by the social security act are maintaining a suitable home and are willing to take the care and custody of the child in their home. Upon an affirmative finding the department shall, if the parents or relatives with whom the child is living consent, take the necessary steps for placement of the child with such other relatives, but if the parents or relatives with whom the child lives refuse their consent to the placement then the department shall file a petition in the juvenile court for a decree adjudging the home unsuitable and placing the dependent child with such other relatives.
[ 1963 c 228 § 27.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.320 - Placement of child pursuant to chapter 13.04 RCW.

RCW 74.12.320
Placement of child pursuant to chapter 13.04 RCW.
If a diligent search reveals no other relatives as specified in the social security act maintaining a suitable home and willing to take custody of the child, then the department may file a petition in the appropriate juvenile court for placement of the child pursuant to the provisions of chapter 13.04 RCW.
[ 1963 c 228 § 28.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.330 - Assistance not to be denied for want of relative or court order.

RCW 74.12.330
Assistance not to be denied for want of relative or court order.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter a child otherwise eligible for aid shall not be denied such assistance where a relative as specified in the social security act is unavailable or refuses to accept custody and the juvenile court fails to enter an order removing the child from the custody of the parent, relative or guardian then having custody.
[ 1963 c 228 § 29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.340 - Day care.

RCW 74.12.340
Day care.
(1) The department is authorized to adopt rules governing the provision of day care as a part of child welfare services when the secretary determines that a need exists for such day care and that it is in the best interests of the child, the parents, or the custodial parent and in determining the need for such day care priority shall be given to geographical areas having the greatest need for such care and to members of low-income groups in the population. If the family is financially able to pay part or all of the costs of such care, fees shall be imposed and paid according to the financial ability of the family.
(2) This section does not affect the authority of the department of children, youth, and families to adopt rules governing child day care and early learning programs.
[ 2018 c 58 § 7; 2006 c 265 § 208; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 111; 1963 c 228 § 30.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2018 c 58: See note following RCW 28A.655.080.
Effective date—2006 c 265: See RCW 43.216.902.
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: See note following RCW 2.12.030.
Child welfare services: Chapter 74.13 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.350 - Child's income set aside for future needs—Irrevocable trusts—Educational accounts.

RCW 74.12.350
Child's income set aside for future needs—Irrevocable trusts—Educational accounts.
The department of social and health services is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in conformity with the provisions of Public Law 87-543 to allow all or any portion of a dependent child's earned or other income to be set aside for the identifiable future needs of the dependent child which will make possible the realization of the child's maximum potential as an independent and useful citizen.
The transfer into, or accumulation of, a child's income or resources in an irrevocable trust account is hereby allowed. The amount allowable is four thousand dollars. The department will provide income assistance recipients with clear and simple information on how to set up educational accounts, including how to assure that the accounts comply with federal law by being adequately earmarked for future educational use, and are irrevocable.
[ 1994 c 299 § 31; 1979 c 141 § 354; 1963 c 226 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1994 c 299: See notes following RCW 74.12.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.361 - Supplemental security income program—Enrollment of disabled persons.

RCW 74.12.361
Supplemental security income program—Enrollment of disabled persons.
The department shall actively develop mechanisms for the income assistance program, the medical assistance program, and the community services administration to facilitate the enrollment in the federal supplemental security income program of disabled persons currently part of assistance units receiving temporary assistance for needy families benefits.
[ 1997 c 59 § 23; 1994 c 299 § 35.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1994 c 299: See notes following RCW 74.12.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.400 - Reduce reliance on aid—Work and job training—Family planning—Staff training.

RCW 74.12.400
Reduce reliance on aid—Work and job training—Family planning—Staff training.
The department shall train financial services and social work staff who provide direct service to recipients of temporary assistance for needy families to:
(1) Effectively communicate the transitional nature of temporary assistance for needy families and the expectation that recipients will enter employment;
(2) Actively refer clients to the job opportunities and basic skills program;
(3) Provide social services needed to overcome obstacles to employability; and
(4) Provide family planning information and assistance, including alternatives to abortion, which shall be conducted in consultation with the department of health.
[ 1997 c 59 § 24; 1994 c 299 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—1994 c 299: "The legislature finds that lengthy stays on welfare, lack of access to vocational education and training, the inadequate emphasis on employment by the social welfare system, and teen pregnancy are obstacles to achieving economic independence. Therefore, the legislature intends that:
(1) Income and employment assistance programs emphasize the temporary nature of welfare and set goals of responsibility, work, and independence;
(2) State institutions take an active role in preventing pregnancy in young teens;
(3) Family planning assistance be readily available to welfare recipients;
(4) Support enforcement be more effective and the level of responsibility of noncustodial parents be significantly increased; and
(5) Job search, job skills training, and vocational education resources are to be used in the most cost-effective manner possible." [ 1994 c 299 § 1.]
Finding—1994 c 299: "The legislature finds that the reliable receipt of child support payments by custodial parents is essential to maintaining economic self-sufficiency. It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that child support payments received by custodial parents when such support is owed are retained by those parents regardless of future claims made against such payments." [ 1994 c 299 § 17.]
Severability—1994 c 299: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1994 c 299 § 40.]
Conflict with federal requirements—1994 c 299: "If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state." [ 1994 c 299 § 41.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.410 - Family planning information—Cooperation with the superintendent of public instruction.

RCW 74.12.410
Family planning information—Cooperation with the superintendent of public instruction.
(1) At the time of application or reassessment under this chapter the department shall offer or contract for family planning information and assistance, including alternatives to abortion, and any other available locally based unintended pregnancy prevention programs, to prospective and current recipients of temporary assistance for needy families.
(2) The department shall work in cooperation with the superintendent of public instruction to reduce the rate of abortions and unintended pregnancies in Washington state.
[ 2009 c 303 § 2; 1997 c 58 § 601; 1994 c 299 § 3.]
NOTES:
Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.
Intent—Finding—Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1994 c 299: See notes following RCW 74.12.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.450 - Application for assistance—Report on suspected child abuse or neglect—Notice to parent about application, location of child, and family reconciliation act.

RCW 74.12.450
Application for assistance—Report on suspected child abuse or neglect—Notice to parent about application, location of child, and family reconciliation act.
(1) Whenever the department receives an application for assistance on behalf of a child under this chapter and an employee of the department has reason to believe that the child has suffered abuse or neglect, the employee shall cause a report to be made as provided under chapter 26.44 RCW.
(2) Whenever the department approves an application for assistance on behalf of a child under this chapter, the department shall make a reasonable effort to determine whether the child is living with a parent of the child. Whenever the child is living in the home of a relative other than a parent of the child, the department shall make reasonable efforts to notify the parent with whom the child has most recently resided that an application for assistance on behalf of the child has been approved by the department and shall advise the parent of his or her rights under this section, RCW 74.12.460, and *sections 4 and 5 of this act, unless good cause exists not to do so based on a substantiated claim that the parent has abused or neglected the child.
(3) Upon written request of the parent, the department shall notify the parent of the address and location of the child, unless there is a current investigation or pending case involving abuse or neglect by the parent under chapter 13.34 RCW.
(4) The department shall notify and advise the parent of the provisions of the family reconciliation act under chapter 13.32A RCW.
[ 1995 c 401 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Sections 4 and 5 of this act were vetoed by the governor.
Severability—1995 c 401: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1995 c 401 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 74 - Public Assistance › Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. › 74.12.460 - Notice to parent—Required within seven days of approval of application.

RCW 74.12.460
Notice to parent—Required within seven days of approval of application.
The department shall make reasonable efforts to notify the parent under RCW 74.12.450(2) as soon as reasonably possible, but no later than seven days after approval of the application by the department.
[ 1995 c 401 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1995 c 401: See note following RCW 74.12.450.