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74.14C.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Community support systems" means the support that may be organized through extended family members, friends, neighbors, religious organizations, community programs, cultural and ethnic organizations, or ot... |
74.14C.020 | Preservation services. | (1) Intensive family preservation services shall have all of the following characteristics: (a) Services are provided by specially trained service providers who have received at least forty hours of training from recognized intensive in-home services experts. Service providers deliver the services in the family's home,... |
74.14C.030 | Department duties. | (1) The department shall be the lead administrative agency for preservation services and may receive funding from any source for the implementation or expansion of such services. The department shall: (a) Provide coordination and planning with the advice of the community networks for the implementation and expansion of... |
74.14C.032 | Preservation services contracts. | The initial contracts under *RCW 74.14C.030 (3) shall be executed not later than July 1996 and shall expire June 30, 1997. Subsequent contracts shall be for periods not to exceed twenty-four months.
[ 1995 c 311 s 13 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 74.14C.030 was amended by 1996 c 240 s 4, changing subsection (3) to subsection... |
74.14C.040 | Intensive family preservation services—Eligibility criteria. | (1) Intensive family preservation services may be provided to children and their families only when the department has determined that: (a) The child has been placed out-of-home or is at imminent risk of an out-of-home placement due to: (i) Child abuse or neglect; (ii) A serious threat of substantial harm to the child'... |
74.14C.042 | Family preservation services—Eligibility criteria. | (1) Family preservation services may be provided to children and their families only when the department has determined that without intervention, the child faces a substantial likelihood of out-of-home placement due to: (a) Child abuse or neglect; (b) A serious threat of substantial harm to the child's health, safety,... |
74.14C.060 | Funds, volunteer services. | For the purpose of providing preservation services the department may: (1) Solicit and use any available federal or private resources, which may include funds, in-kind resources, or volunteer services; and (2) Use any available state resources, which may include in-kind resources or volunteer services.
[ 1995 c 311 s 1... |
74.14C.065 | Federal funds. | Any federal funds made available under RCW 74.14C.060 shall be used to supplement and shall not supplant state funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter. However, during the 1995-97 fiscal biennium, federal funds made available under RCW 74.14C.060 may be used to supplant state funds to carry out the purposes of ... |
74.14C.090 | Reports on referrals and services. | Each department caseworker who refers a client for preservation services shall file a report with his or her direct supervisor stating the reasons for which the client was referred. The caseworker's supervisor shall verify in writing his or her belief that the family who is the subject of a referral for preservation se... |
74.14C.100 | Training and consultation for department personnel—Training for judges and service providers. | (1) The department shall, within available funds, provide for ongoing training and consultation to department personnel to carry out their responsibilities effectively. Such training may: (a) Include the family unit as the primary focus of service; identifying family member strengths; empowering families; child, adult,... |
74.15.010 | Declaration of purpose. | The purpose of chapter 74.15 RCW and RCW 74.13.031 is: (1) To safeguard the health, safety, and well-being of children, expectant mothers and developmentally disabled persons receiving care away from their own homes, which is paramount over the right of any person to provide care; (2) To strengthen and encourage family... |
74.15.020 | Definitions.(Effective until July 1, 2026.) | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter and RCW 74.13.031 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agency" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or facility which receives children, expectant mothers, or persons with developmental disabilities for control, care,... |
74.15.030 | Powers and duties of secretary. | The secretary shall have the power and it shall be the secretary's duty: (1) In consultation with the children's services advisory committee, and with the advice and assistance of persons representative of the various type agencies to be licensed, to designate categories of facilities for which separate or different re... |
74.15.038 | Harm to child or client by individual hired by contracted agency—Department not liable. | If an agency operating under contract with the department chooses to hire an individual that would be precluded from employment with the department based on a disqualifying crime or negative action, the department and its officers and employees have no liability arising from any injury or harm to a child or other depar... |
74.15.040 | Licenses for foster family homes required—Inspections. | An agency seeking to accept and serve children, developmentally disabled persons, or expectant mothers as a foster family home shall make application for license in such form and substance as required by the department. The department shall maintain a list of applicants through which placement may be undertaken. Howeve... |
74.15.050 | Fire protection—Powers and duties of chief of the Washington state patrol. | The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty: (1) In consultation with the children's services advisory committee and with the advice and assistance of persons representative of the various type agencies to be licensed, to adopt ... |
74.15.060 | Health protection—Powers and duties of secretary of health. | The secretary of health shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty: In consultation with the children's services advisory committee and with the advice and assistance of persons representative of the various type agencies to be licensed, to develop minimum requirements pertaining to each category of agency es... |
74.15.070 | Articles of incorporation and amendments—Copies to be furnished to department. | A copy of the articles of incorporation of any agency or amendments to the articles of existing corporation agencies shall be sent by the secretary of state to the department at the time such articles or amendments are filed.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 411 ; 1979 c 141 s 358 ; 1967 c 172 s 7 .]
Effective date — 2017 3rd sp... |
74.15.080 | Access to agencies, records. | All agencies subject to chapter 74.15 RCW and RCW 74.13.031 shall accord the department, the secretary of health, the chief of the Washington state patrol, and the director of fire protection, or their designees, the right of entrance and the privilege of access to and inspection of records for the purpose of determini... |
74.15.090 | Licenses required for agencies. | Except as provided in RCW 74.15.190 , it shall hereafter be unlawful for any agency to receive children, expectant mothers or developmentally disabled persons for supervision or care, or arrange for the placement of such persons, unless such agency is licensed as provided in chapter 74.15 RCW.
[ 1987 c 170 s 14 ; 1982 ... |
74.15.100 | License application, issuance, duration—Reclassification—Location changes. | Each agency shall make application for a license or renewal of license to the department on forms prescribed by the department. A licensed agency having foster family homes under its supervision may make application for a license on behalf of any such foster family home. Such a foster home license shall cease to be val... |
74.15.110 | Renewal of licenses. | If a licensee desires to apply for a renewal of its license, a request for a renewal shall be filed ninety days prior to the expiration date of the license except that a request for renewal of a foster family home license shall be filed prior to the expiration of the license. If the department has failed to act at the ... |
74.15.120 | Initial licenses. | The secretary may, at his or her discretion, issue an initial license instead of a full license, to an agency or facility for a period not to exceed six months, renewable for a period not to exceed two years, to allow such agency or facility reasonable time to become eligible for full license. An initial license shall ... |
74.15.125 | Probationary licenses—Child-specific licenses. | (1) The department may issue a probationary license to a licensee who has had a license but is temporarily unable to comply with a rule or has been the subject of multiple complaints or concerns about noncompliance if: (a) The noncompliance does not present an immediate threat to the health and well-being of the childr... |
74.15.127 | Expedited foster licensing process. | (1) The department shall design and implement an expedited foster licensing process. (2) The expedited foster licensing process described in this section shall be available to individuals who: (a) Were licensed within the last five years; (b) Were not the subject of an adverse licensing action or a voluntary relinquish... |
74.15.130 | Licenses—Denial, suspension, revocation, modification—Procedures—Adjudicative proceedings—Penalties. | (1) An agency may be denied a license, or any license issued pursuant to chapter 74.15 RCW and RCW 74.13.031 may be suspended, revoked, modified, or not renewed by the secretary upon proof (a) that the agency has failed or refused to comply with the provisions of chapter 74.15 RCW and RCW 74.13.031 or the requirements ... |
74.15.132 | Adjudicative proceedings—Training for administrative law judges. | (1) The office of administrative hearings shall not assign nor allow an administrative law judge to preside over an adjudicative hearing regarding denial, modification, suspension, or revocation of any license to provide child care, including foster care, under this chapter, unless such judge has received training rela... |
74.15.134 | License or certificate suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. | The secretary shall immediately suspend the license or certificate of a person who has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department as a person who is not in compliance with a support order. If the person has continued to meet all other requirements for reinstatement during the suspension, reissuance of ... |
74.15.140 | Action against licensed or unlicensed agencies authorized. | Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the secretary may, in the manner provided by law, upon the advice of the attorney general, who shall represent the department in the proceeding, maintain an action in the name of the state for injunction or such other relief as he or she may deem advisable a... |
74.15.150 | Penalty for operating without license. | Any agency operating without a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not be enforceable against an agency until sixty days after the effective date of new rules, applicable to such agency, have been adopted under chapter 74.15 RCW and RCW 74.13.031 .
[ 1982 c 118 s 13 ; 1967 c 172 s 15 .] |
74.15.160 | Continuation of existing licensing rules. | Existing rules for licensing adopted pursuant to *chapter 74.14 RCW, sections 74.14.010 through 74.14.150 , chapter 26, Laws of 1959, shall remain in force and effect until new rules are adopted under chapter 74.15 RCW and RCW 74.13.031 , but not thereafter.
[ 1982 c 118 s 14 ; 1967 c 172 s 16 .]
*Reviser's note: Chapt... |
74.15.170 | Agencies, homes conducted by religious organizations—Application of chapter. | Nothing in this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation, or control of the remedial care or treatment of residents of any agency, children's institution, child-placing agency, maternity home, day or hourly nursery, foster home or other ... |
74.15.180 | Designating home or facility as semi-secure facility. | The department, pursuant to rules, may enable any licensed foster family home or group care facility to be designated as a semi-secure facility, as defined by RCW 13.32A.030 .
[ 1979 c 155 s 84 .]
Effective date — Severability — 1979 c 155: See notes following RCW 13.04.011 . |
74.15.190 | Authority of Indian tribes to license agencies within reservations—Placement of children. | (1)(a) The state of Washington recognizes the authority of Indian tribes within the state to license agencies, located within the boundaries of a federally recognized Indian reservation, to receive children for control, care, and maintenance outside their own homes, or to place, receive, arrange the placement of, or as... |
74.15.200 | Child abuse and neglect prevention training to parents and day care providers. | The department shall have primary responsibility for providing child abuse and neglect prevention training to parents and licensed child day care providers of preschool age children participating in day care programs meeting the requirements of chapter 74.15 RCW. The department may limit training under this section to ... |
74.15.210 | Community facility—Service provider must report juvenile infractions or violations—Violations by service provider—Secretary's duties—Rules. | (1) Whenever the secretary contracts with a service provider to operate a community facility, the contract shall include a requirement that each service provider must report to the department any known infraction or violation of conditions committed by any juvenile under its supervision. The report must be made immedia... |
74.15.230 | Responsible living skills programs—Established—Requirements. | The secretary shall establish responsible living skills programs that provide no more than seventy-five beds across the state and may establish responsible living skills programs by contract, within funds appropriated by the legislature specifically for this purpose. Responsible living skills programs shall have the fo... |
74.15.240 | Responsible living skills program—Eligibility. | To be eligible for placement in a responsible living skills program, the minor must be dependent under chapter 13.34 RCW and must have lived in a HOPE center or in a secure crisis residential center. However, if the minor's caseworker determines that placement in a responsible living skills program would be the most ap... |
74.15.250 | HOPE centers—Responsible living skills programs—Licensing authority—Rules. | The secretary is authorized to license HOPE centers and responsible living skills programs that meet statutory and rule requirements created by the secretary. The secretary is authorized to develop rules necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 10 through 26, chapter 267, Laws of 1999. The secretary may rely u... |
74.15.255 | Secure or semi-secure crisis residential centers and HOPE centers—Collaboration—Colocation—Requirement for licensing. | (1)(a) Within available funds appropriated for this purpose, the department shall contract for a continuum of short-term stabilization services pursuant to RCW 13.32A.030 and * 74.15.220 . The department shall collaborate with service providers in a manner that allows secure and semi-secure crisis residential centers a... |
74.15.280 | Emergency respite centers—Licensing—Rules. | The secretary is authorized to license emergency respite centers. The department may adopt rules to specify licensing requirements for emergency respite centers.
[ 2001 c 230 s 2 .] |
74.15.300 | Enforcement action—Definition. | For the purposes of chapter 473, Laws of 2005, "enforcement action" means denial, suspension, revocation, modification, or nonrenewal of a license pursuant to RCW 74.15.130 (1) or assessment of civil monetary penalties pursuant to RCW 74.15.130 (4).
[ 2005 c 473 s 2 .]
Purpose — 2005 c 473: "The legislature recognizes ... |
74.15.311 | Resource and assessment centers—License. | (1) The secretary is authorized to license resource and assessment centers if the agency meets the following requirements: (a) There is a demonstrated need in the local community for a resource and assessment center; (b) The resource and assessment center will be primarily staffed by trained volunteers; and (c) The res... |
74.15.315 | Host home program registration. | (1) A host home program must register with the secretary of state's office. This registration may occur when the secretary of state files articles of incorporation of the host home program under chapter 24.03A RCW. (2) The host home program registration must include a notarized statement by the host home program that i... |
74.15.325 | Residential private schools—Licensing—Rule making. | (1)(a) The department shall license the living accommodations provided by residential private schools as defined in RCW 74.15.020 . Accommodations include all areas and school operations that are intended to allow enrolled students to eat, sleep, bathe, recreate, or otherwise reside. (b) A residential private school is... |
74.15.900 | Short title—Purpose—Entitlement not granted—1999 c 267 ss 10-26. | Sections 10 through 26, chapter 267, Laws of 1999 may be referred to as the homeless youth prevention, protection, and education act, or the HOPE act. Every day many youth in this state seek shelter out on the street. A nurturing nuclear family does not exist for them, and state-sponsored alternatives such as foster ho... |
74.15.901 | Federal waivers—1999 c 267 ss 10-26. | (1) The department of social and health services shall seek any necessary federal waivers for federal funding of the programs created under sections 10 through 26, chapter 267, Laws of 1999. The department shall pursue federal funding sources for the programs created under sections 10 through 26, chapter 267, Laws of 1... |
74.15.902 | 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 person... |
74.15.903 | Construction—Religious or nonprofit organizations. | Nothing contained in chapter 3, Laws of 2012 shall be construed to alter or affect existing law regarding the manner in which a religious or nonprofit organization may be licensed to and provide adoption, foster care, or other child-placing services under this chapter or chapter 74.13 or 26.33 RCW.
[ 2012 c 3 s 16 (Ref... |
74.18.010 | Intent. | The purposes of this chapter are to promote employment and independence of blind persons in the state of Washington through their complete integration into society on the basis of equality, and to encourage public acceptance of the abilities of blind persons.
[ 2003 c 409 s 2 ; 1983 c 194 s 1 .]
Findings — 2003 c 409: ... |
74.18.020 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Department" means an agency of state government called the department of services for the blind. (2) "Director" means the director of the department of services for the blind. The director is appointed by ... |
74.18.030 | Department created. | There is hereby created an agency of state government to be known as the department of services for the blind. The department shall deliver services to blind persons to the extent that appropriations are made available, provided that applicants meet the eligibility criteria for services authorized by this chapter.
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74.18.040 | Director—Appointment—Salary. | The executive head of the department shall be the director of the department of services for the blind. The director shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and hold office at the pleasure of the governor. The director's salary shall be fixed by the governor in accordance with the provisions... |
74.18.045 | Telephonic reading service. | (1)(a) The director shall provide access to a telephonic reading service for blind persons and persons with disabilities. (b) The director shall establish criteria for eligibility for blind persons and persons with disabilities who may receive the telephonic reading services. The criteria may be based upon the eligibil... |
74.18.050 | Appointment of personnel. | The director may appoint such personnel as necessary, none of whom shall be members of the rehabilitation council for the blind. The director and other personnel who are assigned substantial responsibility for formulating agency policy or directing and controlling a major administrative division, together with their co... |
74.18.060 | Department—Powers and duties. | The department shall: (1) Serve as the sole agency of the state for contracting for and disbursing all federal and state funds appropriated for programs established by and within the jurisdiction of this chapter, and make reports and render accounting as may be required; (2) Adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 34.0... |
74.18.070 | Rehabilitation council for the blind—Membership. | (1) There is hereby created the rehabilitation council for the blind. The rehabilitation council shall consist of the minimum number of voting members to meet the requirements of the rehabilitation council required under the federal rehabilitation act of 1973 as now or hereafter amended. A majority of the voting member... |
74.18.080 | Rehabilitation council for the blind—Meetings—Travel expenses. | (1) The rehabilitation council for the blind shall meet officially with the director of the department quarterly to perform the duties enumerated in RCW 74.18.090 . Additional meetings of the rehabilitation council may be convened at the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members. The rehabilitation counci... |
74.18.090 | Rehabilitation council for the blind—Powers. | The rehabilitation council for the blind may: (1) Provide counsel to the director in developing, reviewing, making recommendations, and agreeing on the department's state plan for vocational rehabilitation, budget requests, permanent rules concerning services to blind persons, and other major policies which impact the ... |
74.18.100 | Rehabilitation council for the blind—Director to consult. | It shall be the duty of the director to consult in a timely manner with the rehabilitation council for the blind on the matters enumerated in RCW 74.18.090 . The director shall provide appropriate departmental resources for the use of the rehabilitation council in conducting its official business.
[ 2000 c 57 s 4 ; 198... |
74.18.110 | Receipt of gifts, grants, and bequests. | The department may receive, accept, and disburse gifts, grants, conveyances, devises, and bequests from public or private sources, in trust or otherwise, if the terms and conditions thereof will provide services for blind persons in a manner consistent with the purposes of this chapter and with other provisions of law.... |
74.18.120 | Administrative hearing—Appeal—Rules. | (1) An applicant or eligible person who is dissatisfied with a decision, action, or inaction made by the department or its agents regarding that person's eligibility or department services provided to that person is entitled to an administrative hearing. Such administrative hearings shall be conducted pursuant to chapt... |
74.18.123 | Background checks—Individuals having unsupervised access to persons with significant disabilities—Rules. | (1) The department shall investigate the conviction records, pending charges, and disciplinary board final decisions of individuals acting on behalf of the department who will or may have unsupervised access to persons with significant disabilities as defined by the federal rehabilitation act of 1973. This includes: (a... |
74.18.127 | Confidentiality of personal information, records—Rules. | (1) Personal information and records obtained and retained by the department concerning applicants and eligible individuals are confidential, are not subject to public disclosure, and may be released only in accordance with law or with this provision. (2) The department shall adopt rules and develop contract language t... |
74.18.130 | Vocational rehabilitation—Eligibility. | The department shall provide a program of vocational rehabilitation to assist blind persons to overcome barriers to employment and to develop skills necessary for employment and independence. Applicants eligible for vocational rehabilitation services shall be blind persons who also meet eligibility requirements as spec... |
74.18.140 | Vocational rehabilitation—Services. | The department shall ensure that vocational rehabilitation services in accordance with requirements under the federal rehabilitation act of 1973 are available to meet the identified requirements of each eligible individual in preparing for, securing, retaining, or regaining an employment outcome that is consistent with... |
74.18.150 | Vocational rehabilitation—Grants of equipment and material. | The department may grant to eligible participants in the vocational rehabilitation program equipment and materials in accordance with the provisions related to transfer of capital assets as set forth by the office of financial management in the state administrative and accounting manual, provided that the equipment or ... |
74.18.170 | Rehabilitation or habilitation facilities authorized. | The department may establish, construct, and/or operate rehabilitation or habilitation facilities to provide instruction in alternative skills necessary to adjust to blindness or substantial vision loss, to assist blind persons to develop increased confidence and independence, or to provide other services consistent wi... |
74.18.180 | Services for independent living. | (1) The department may provide a program of independent living services for blind persons who are not seeking vocational rehabilitation services. (2) Independent living services may include, but are not limited to, instruction in adaptive skills of blindness, counseling regarding adjustment to vision loss, and provisio... |
74.18.190 | Services to blind children and their families. | (1) The department may offer services to assist blind children and their families to learn skills and locate resources which increase the child's ability for personal development and participation in society. (2) Services provided under this section may include: (a) Direct consultation with blind children and their fam... |
74.18.200 | Business enterprises program—Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply in RCW 74.18.200 through 74.18.230 . (1) "Business enterprises program" means a program operated by the department under the federal Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 107 et seq., and under this chapter in support of blind persons ... |
74.18.210 | Business enterprises program—Purposes. | The department shall maintain or cause to be maintained a business enterprises program for blind persons to operate vending facilities in public buildings. The purposes of the business enterprises program are to implement the Randolph-Sheppard Act and thereby give priority to qualified blind persons in operating vendin... |
74.18.220 | Business enterprises program—Vending facilities in public buildings. | (1) The department is authorized to license blind persons to operate vending facilities and vending machines on federal property and in public buildings. (2) The state, political subdivisions thereof, and agencies of the state, or political subdivisions thereof shall give priority to licensees in the operation of vendi... |
74.18.230 | Business enterprises revolving account. | (1) There is established in the state treasury an account known as the business enterprises revolving account. (2) The net proceeds from any vending machine operation in a public building, other than an operation managed by a licensee, shall be made payable to the business enterprises program, which will pay only the b... |
74.18.901 | Conflict with federal requirements. | If any part of this chapter is found to be in conflict with federal requirements which are a condition precedent 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 the findings or determination shall not af... |
74.20.010 | Purpose—Legislative intent—Chapter to be liberally construed. | It is the responsibility of the state of Washington through the state department of social and health services to conserve the expenditure of public assistance funds, whenever possible, in order that such funds shall not be expended if there are private funds available or which can be made available by judicial process... |
74.20.021 | Definitions. | See RCW 74.20A.020 . |
74.20.040 | Duty of department to enforce child support—Requests for support enforcement services—Schedule of fees—Waiver—Rules. | (1) Whenever the department receives an application for public assistance on behalf of a child, the department shall take appropriate action under the provisions of this chapter, chapter 74.20A RCW, or other appropriate statutes of this state to establish or enforce support obligations against the parent or other perso... |
74.20.045 | Employment status—Self-employed individuals—Enforcement. | The office of support enforcement shall, as a matter of policy, use all available remedies for the enforcement of support obligations where the obligor is a self-employed individual. The office of support enforcement shall not discriminate in favor of certain obligors based upon employment status.
[ 1994 c 299 s 16 .]
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74.20.055 | Designated agency under federal law—Role of prosecuting attorneys. | The department of social and health services office of support enforcement is the designated agency in Washington state to administer the child support program under Title IV-D of the federal social security act and is responsible for providing necessary and mandated support enforcement services and ensuring that such ... |
74.20.057 | Adjudicative proceedings—Role of department. | When the department appears or participates in an adjudicative proceeding under chapter 26.23 or 74.20A RCW it shall: (1) Act in furtherance of the state's financial interest in the matter; (2) Act in the best interests of the children of the state; (3) Facilitate the resolution of the controversy; and (4) Make indepen... |
74.20.060 | Cooperation by person having custody of child—Penalty. | Any person having the care, custody or control of any dependent child or children who shall fail or refuse to cooperate with the department of social and health services, any prosecuting attorney or the attorney general in the course of administration of provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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74.20.065 | Wrongful deprivation of custody—Legal custodian excused from support payments. | If the legal custodian has been wrongfully deprived of physical custody, the department is authorized to excuse the custodian from support payments for a child or children receiving or on whose behalf public assistance was provided under chapter 74.12 RCW, or for a child or children on behalf of whom the department is ... |
74.20.101 | Payment of support moneys to state support registry—Notice—Effects of noncompliance. | (1) A responsible parent shall make all support payments through the office of support enforcement or the Washington state support registry if: (a) The parent's support order contains a provision directing the parent to make support payments through the office of support enforcement or the Washington state support regi... |
74.20.160 | Department may disclose information to internal revenue department. | Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 74.04.060 , upon approval of the department of health, education and welfare of the federal government, the department of social and health services may disclose to and keep the internal revenue department of the treasury of the United States advised of the names of all persons who... |
74.20.210 | Attorney general may act under Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act pursuant to agreement with prosecuting attorney. | The prosecuting attorney of any county except a county with a population of one million or more may enter into an agreement with the attorney general whereby the duty to initiate petitions for support authorized under the provisions of *chapter 26.21 RCW as it is now or hereafter amended (**Uniform Reciprocal Enforceme... |
74.20.220 | Powers of department through the attorney general or prosecuting attorney. | In order to carry out its responsibilities imposed under this chapter and as required by federal law, the state department of social and health services, through the attorney general or prosecuting attorney, is hereby authorized to: (1) Initiate an action in superior court to obtain a support order or obtain other reli... |
74.20.225 | Subpoena authority—Enforcement. | In carrying out the provisions of this chapter or chapters 26.18 , 26.23, 26.26A, 26.26B, and 74.20A RCW, the secretary and other duly authorized officers of the department may subpoena witnesses, take testimony, and compel the production of such papers, books, records, and documents as they may deem relevant to the pe... |
74.20.230 | Petition for support order by married parent with minor children who are receiving public assistance. | Any married parent with minor children, natural or legally adopted children who is receiving public assistance may apply to the superior court of the county in which such parent resides or in which the spouse may be found for an order upon such spouse, if such spouse is the natural or adoptive mother or father of such ... |
74.20.240 | Petition for support order by married parent with minor children who are receiving public assistance—Order—Powers of court. | (1) After the hearing of the petition for an order of support the court shall make an order granting or denying it and fixing, if allowed, the terms and amount of the support. (2) The court has the same power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of testimony as in actions and suits, to make such dec... |
74.20.250 | Petition for support order by married parent with minor children who are receiving public assistance—Waiver of filing fees. | The court may, upon satisfactory showing that the petitioner is without funds to pay the filing fee, order that the petition and other papers be filed without payment of the fee.
[ 1963 c 206 s 10 .] |
74.20.260 | Financial statements by parent whose absence is basis of application for public assistance. | Any parent in the state whose absence is the basis upon which an application is filed for public assistance on behalf of a child shall be required to complete a statement, under oath, of his or her current monthly income, his or her total income over the past twelve months, the number of dependents for whom he or she i... |
74.20.280 | Central unit for information and administration—Cooperation enjoined—Availability of records. | The department is authorized and directed to establish a central unit to serve as a registry for the receipt of information, for answering interstate inquiries concerning the parents of dependent children, to coordinate and supervise departmental activities in relation to such parents, to assure effective cooperation w... |
74.20.300 | Department exempt from fees relating to paternity or support. | No filing or recording fees, court fees, or fees for making copies of documents shall be required from the state department of social and health services by any county clerk, county auditor, or other county officer for the filing of any actions or documents necessary to establish paternity or enforce or collect support... |
74.20.310 | Guardian ad litem in actions brought to determine parent and child relationship—Notice. | (1) The provisions of RCW 26.26A.485 requiring appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent the child in an action brought to determine the parent and child relationship do not apply to actions brought under chapter 26.26A or 26.26B RCW if: (a) The action is brought by the attorney general on behalf of the departmen... |
74.20.320 | Custodian to remit support moneys when department has support obligation—Noncompliance. | Whenever a custodian of children, or other person, receives support moneys paid to them which moneys are paid in whole or in part in satisfaction of a support obligation which has been assigned to the department pursuant to Title IV-A of the federal social security act as amended by the personal responsibility and work... |
74.20.330 | Payment of public assistance as assignment of rights to support. | (1) Whenever public assistance is paid under a state program funded under Title IV-A of the federal social security act as amended by the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996, and the federal deficit reduction act of 2005, each applicant or recipient is deemed to have made assignment ... |
74.20.340 | Employees' case workload standards. | The department shall develop workload standards for each employee classification involved in support enforcement activities for each category of support enforcement cases.
[ 1998 c 245 s 150 ; 1979 ex.s. c 171 s 25 .]
Severability — 1979 ex.s. c 171: See note following RCW 74.20.300 . |
74.20.350 | Costs and attorneys' fees. | In order to facilitate and ensure compliance with Title IV-D of the federal social security act, now existing or hereafter amended, wherein the state is required to undertake to establish parentage of such children as are born out of wedlock, the secretary of social and health services may pay the reasonable and proper... |
74.20.360 | Orders for genetic testing. | (1) The division of child support may issue an order for genetic testing when providing services under this chapter and Title IV-D of the federal social security act if genetic testing: (a) Is appropriate in an action under chapter 26.26A RCW, the uniform parentage act; (b) Is appropriate in an action to establish supp... |
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